CHAPTER 510
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 14-86 and 14-95, as amended, of the Code
of Virginia, relating to factors to be considered in fixing salaries of
sheriffs and sergeants, and the effect of same in certain cities.

[H 492]
Approved March 31, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 14-86 and 14-95, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be
amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 14-86. The annual salary of the sheriff of each county shall be not
less than thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than ten thousand
dollars. The annual salary of the sergeant of each city chartered prior to
December one, nineteen hundred fifty-three, shall be not less than thirty-
six hundred dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars. The annual
salary of a full-time deputy of a sheriff or of a sergeant shall be not more
than three-fourths of the compensation fixed for the sheriff or sergeant
of his county or city, as the case may be.

In fixing the salary of each sheriff and sergeant, and of each of their
full-time deputies, the Compensation Board shall take into consideration
the length of service of such sheriff, sergeant or deputy, the population
and area of the county or city for which he is elected or appointed, the
number of persons committed to the jail thereof, the aggregate number
of days spent by prisoners in the jail thereof, the compensation previously
received by the sheriff or sergeant and each of their full-time deputies, the
amount of fees collected by such officers and such other factors as the
Compensation Board deems proper.

The salaries shall be fixed, as far as is consistent with the factors
hereinbefore required to be considered, according to the following schedule:

(1) In the counties of Amelia, Appomattox, Bland, Charles City,
Clarke, Craig, Cumberland, Essex, Fluvanna, Gloucester, Goochland,
Greene, Highland, James City, King George, King and Queen, Madison,
Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northumberland, Powhatan, Rappahan-
nock, Richmond, Surry and Westmoreland, the salary of each sheriff shall
be not less than thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than six thousand
dollars per annum;

(2) In the counties of Bath, Charlotte, Culpeper, Floyd, King Wil-
liam, Lancaster, Louisa, Page, Stafford and Spotsylvania, the salary of
each sheriff shall be not less than thirty-six hundred dollars and not more
than six thousand dollars;

(3) In the counties of Botetourt, Buckingham, Loudoun, Lunenburg,
Nelson, Patrick, Shenandoah and Warren, the salary of each sheriff shall
be not less than thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than six thousand
dollars per annum;

(4) In the counties of Amherst, Fauquier, Caroline, Grayson, Greens-
ville, Isle of Wight, Prince Edward, Sussex, York and Nottoway, the
salary of each sheriff shall be not less than four thousand dollars and not
more than seven thousand dollars per annum;

(5) In the counties of Alleghany, Albemarle, Bedford, Brunswick,
Campbell, Carroll, Dickenson, Dinwiddie, Frederick, Giles, Henry, Meck-
lenburg, Northampton, Prince George, Hanover, Orange, Pulaski, Rock-
bridge, Smyth, Southampton, Prince William and Wythe, the salary of
each sheriff shall be not less than four thousand five hundred dollars and
not more than eight thousand dollars per annum;

In the counties of Accomack, Chesterfield, Halifax, Henrico,
Montgomery and Scott, the salary of each sheriff shall be not less than
four thousand five hundred dollars and not more than nine thousand dol-
lars per annum;

(7) In the counties of Augusta, Buchanan, Franklin, Lee, Nanse-
mond, Pittsylvania, Roanoke, Rockingham, Russell, Tazewell, Washington
and Wise, the salary of each sheriff shall be not less than four thousand
five hundred dollars and not more than nine thousand five hundred dollars
per annum;

(8) In the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Princess Anne and Nor-
folk, the salary of the sheriff shall be not less than five thousand dollars
and not more than ten thousand dollars per annum;

‘(9) In the cities of Buena Vista, Norton and Williamsburg, the
salary of each sergeant shall be not less than three thousand six hundred
dollars and not more than six thousand dollars per annum;

(10) In the cities of Bristol, Charlottesville, Clifton Forge, * Fred-
ericksburg, Hopewell, Martinsville, Suffolk, Radford, Staunton, South Nor-
folk, Winchester and Waynesboro, the salary of each sergeant shall not be
less than three thousand six hundred dollars and not more than seven
thousand dollars per annum;

(11) In the cities of Hampton, Lynchburg, * Petersburg and Ports-
mouth, the salary of each sergeant shall be not less than four thousand
five hundred dollars and not more than nine thousand five hundred dollars
per annum;

(12) In the cities of Richmond, Norfolk, Roanoke, Alexandria, Vir-
ginia Beach, Danville and Newport News, the salary of each sergeant shall
be not less than five thousand dollars and not more than ten thousand
dollars per annum, provided, however, that in counties or cities having a
population of more than ninety thousand and two or more courts of record
or two or more judges of the same court of record, the Compensation
Board, in its discretion, may make an additional allowance not to exceed
one thousand dollars.

(18) In the city of Colonial Heights, the salary of the sergeant shall
be not less than two thousand five hundred dollars and not more than four
thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

§ 14-95. The provisions of this article except § 14-85 shall not apply
to any city which does not operate a jail, nor to the sergeant of such city,
but they shall, however, apply in every respect to the cities of Colonial
Heights, Martinsville, South Norfolk, Staunton, Suffolk, Winchester and
Virginia Beach, and to the sergeants thereof, respectively. All of the pro-
visions of this article shall, however, apply in every respect to each city
which operates a jail, and to the sergeant thereof. In every such case the
sergeant shall have supervision and control of the jail and the custody of
all prisoners confined therein, and other provisions of law, general, special
or local, to the contrary notwithstanding.