CHAPTER 411

An Act to amend and reenact § 16.1-44 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to powers and duties of clerks of county courts. rH 226]

Approved March 31, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

o That § 16.1-44 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 16.1-44. The clerk shall be a conservator of the peace within the
territory for which the court has iurisdiction, and may within such juris-
diction, issue warrants and processes, original, mesne and final, both civil
and criminal, commit to jail or admit to bail upon recognizance, with
surety, persons charged with crimes, subject to the limttations set forth in
§ 19.1-111, and issue subpoenas for witnesses, writs of fieri facias and
writs of possession, attachments and garnishments and abstracts of judg-
ments. He may take affidavits and administer oaths and affirmations, take
and certify depositions in the same manner as a notary public, take
acknowledgments to deeds or other writings for purposes of recordation,
and issue all other legal processes which may be issued by the judge of
such court and exercise such other powers and perform such other duties
as are conferred or imposed upon him by law. Such clerk shall keep the
docket and accounts of the court and shall discharge such other duties as
may be prescribed by the judge.

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