CHAPTER 384

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-155, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to compensation of certain fee officers.
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Approved March 30, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 14-155, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 14-155. The total annual compensation, exclusive of expenses au-
thorized by the State Compensation Board, of any officer mentioned in
§ 14-145 shall not exceed the sums hereinafter named, to-wit:

In cities or counties having a population of one hundred thousand
or more, such compensation shall not exceed the sum of seventy-five
hundred dollars per annum; with a population between thirty-eight
thousand and forty thousand such compensation shall not exceed eight
thousand five hundred dollars per annum; with a population between
fifty thousand and one hundred thousand and in counties adjoining
cities having a population of fifty thousand or more, such compensation
shall not exceed seven thousand dollars per annum; with a population
between twenty-five thousand and fifty thousand, such compensation shall
not exceed six thousand seven hundred fifty dollars per annum; with a
population between fifteen thousand and twenty-five thousand, such com-
pensation shall not exceed sixty-five hundred dollars per annum; and with
a population of fifteen thousand or less, such compensation shall not exceed
four thousand five hundred dollars per annum except in cities of the first
class in which it shall not exceed five thousand dollars per annum exclusive
of any compensation allowed by the respective city councils; and provided,
however, that in determining the compensation allowed to any such
officer hereunder any compensation allowed to such officer by his city
council or county board of supervisors, other than commissions allowed
by State law for the discharge of any duties imposed upon such officer by
the council of the city, board of supervisors of the county, or laws of this
State shall be disregarded to the extent of: (a) not more than five thousand
dollars in cities having a population of two hundred thousand or more
and in counties adjoining cities having a population of two hundred
thousand or more, and in cities having a population of more than eighty
thousand but not more than eighty-six thousand and adjoining a city having
a population of two hundred thousand or more, and (b) not more than
twenty-five hundred dollars in cities or counties having a population*
of less than two hundred thousand and* not included in section (a) above.
Provided that when, in any city having a population in excess of one
hundred thousand, any person serves as clerk of more than one court of
record in such city he shall annually receive, in addition to the compensation
to which he is entitled as clerk of any court of record in such city, not to
exceed one thousand dollars additional for each other such court of which
he is clerk. Provided that in any county having a population of more than
twenty-nine thousand but less than twenty-nine thousand seven hundred
such compensation shall not exceed six thousand five hundred dollars.
Provided, further, that in any county having a density of population in
excess of four thousand persons to a square mile or in any county or city
adjoining such county, or in any city having more than two hundred
thousand population, or in any city having a population of more than
eighty thousand but not more than eighty-six thousand and adjoining a
city having a population of two hundred thousand or more, any person
who serves as clerk of any court of record having two or more regularly
appointed or elected judges and/or serves as clerk of more than one court,
whether the same be a court of record or otherwise, he shall receive an-
nually, in addition to the compensation to which he is entitled as court
clerk in such county or city not to exceed one thousand dollars additional
for each judge, in excess of one, of a court of record for which he acts
as clerk and one thousand dollars additional for each other statutory court
of which he is clerk, whether the same be a court of record or otherwise.
Provided, further, that in any county having a population in excess of
ninety-nine thousand and containing an even number of magisterial
districts, such compensation shall not exceed eight thousand five hundred
dollars. Provided, further, that in any county having a population in
excess of * fifty thousand and adjoining * a city lying wholly within this
State and having a * population in excess of three hundred thousand such
compensation shall not exceed eight thousand five hundred dollars provided,
further, that in any city with a population of more than sixty thousand
but less than eighty-five thousand the compensation of the clerk of the
circuit court shall not exceed eight thousand five hundred dollars.

Nothing herein shall be construed to alter or affect in any manner
the increases heretofore provided and now in effect.