CHAPTER 413

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-85, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to fees paid from the State treasury to sheriffs
and sergeants.

[H 48]

Approved March 31, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 14-85, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows: ;

§ 14-85. There shall be paid out of the State treasury to sheriffs
and sergeants, after the same are duly certified to the Comptroller, the
following fees: For attending any circuit court engaged in the trial of
civil or criminal cases, or both, or for attending the Law and Equity Court
of the city of Richmond, the Chancery Court of the city of Richmond, the
Circuit Court of the city of Richmond, the Law and Equity Court of the
city of Richmond, Part Two, the Law and Chancery Court of the city of
Norfolk or the Law and Chancery Court of the city of Roanoke, * five
dollars for each day’s attendance. And the judge of any such court may
allow any deputy, whose attendance he deems advisable and requires as
an assistant to the principal officer, such compensation as he may deem
proper and just, not exceeding * five dollars a day. The Chancery Court,
Law * and Equity Court, the Law and Equity Court of the city of Rich-
mond, Part Two, and the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond, however,
shall make the allowance authorized by this section for one deputy in at-
tendance upon the court as well as to the sheriff. This section shall not
apply to any sheriff or sergeant who is on a salary basis nor to any deputy
of any sheriff or sergeant whose principal is on a salary basis.