CHAPTER 386

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-155.1, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to compensation and expenses of court clerks in
certain cities, and to repeal § 14-155.4 of the Code of Virginia, re-
lating to compensation and expenses of clerks of courts in certain

cities.
[S 269]
Approved March 30, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 14-155.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended
and reenacted as follows:

§ 14-155.1. In each city of this Commonwealth having a population
of over * ninety-two thousand and not exceeding one hundred thousand
inhabitants, the clerks of courts shall each be paid a salary, not less
than eight thousand dollars per annum but not to exceed ten thousand
dollars per annum, and in each city of this Commonwealth having a
population of over * one hundred fourteen thousand and not exceeding
* one hundred fifty thousand inhabitants the clerks of courts shall each
be paid a salary not less than * twelve thousand dollars per annum but
not to exceed * fourteen thousand * dollars per annum, and in each city
of this Commonwealth having a population of over seventy thousand
and not exceeding seventy-five thousand inhabitants, the cierk of the
corporation court shall be paid a salary not less than ninety-five hundred
dollars per annum but not to exceed twelve thousand five hundred dollars
per annum, and the clerk of the circuit court shall be compensated as
provided in § 14-155. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prevent such clerks from receiving any future salary increases that may
be allowed from time to time by the General Assembly.

Such salary shall be in full compensation for services and shall be
in lieu of the retention by such clerk of any and all official fees and
commissions of whatever kind or character, and from whatever source
derived; and the city council of each such city shall provide for the
payment of such salary out of the city treasury in equal monthly install-
ments. The expenses of office of such clerk, including the compensation
of deputies and employees, shall be likewise paid to each such clerk out
of the city treasury on duly authenticated vouchers, when and as such
expenses are incurred, or may become due and payable, or at least monthly.
The maximum amount of such expenses shall be fixed by the State Com-
pensation Board, and the Board shall fix the number and compensation
of the deputies and employees of each such officer.

All fees and commissions of every kind or character received or col-
lected by such clerk, and from whatever source derived, shall be paid
into the city treasury by him monthly. All fees and commissions of
every kind and character, whether payable by the State, and United
States, or by private persons, firms or corporations, now or hereafter
made receivable by laws or ordinance by such clerk, shall continue to
be paid to and collected by him, and shall be paid into the city treasury
monthly, except that the city aforesaid shall not be required to pay any
such clerk any fees or commissions for services performed for such city.
2. § 14-155.4 and all amendments thereto are repealed.

3. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.