CHAPTER 279

An Act to amend § 14.1-53 of the Code of Virginia, relating to limits of
salaries of Commonwealth’s attorneys and assistants. rH 444)

Approved March 31, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
an That § 14.1-53 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as

ollows:

§ 14.1-58. The annual salaries of attorneys for the Commonwealth
shall be within the limits hereinafter prescribed, that is to say:

In counties having a population of ten thousand inhabitants or less,
such salaries shall be not less than * thirty-six hundred dollars nor more
than * seventy-five hundred * dollars.

In counties having a population of more than ten thousand inhabitants
but not more than * twenty-five thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall
be not less than * forty-nine hundred dollars nor more than * ten thousand
five hundred dollars.

In counties having a population of more than twenty-five thousand
inhabitants but not more than * fifty thousand inhabitants, such salaries
shall be not less than * sixty-one hundred dollars nor more than * thirteen
thousand dollars.

In counties having a population of more than fifty thousand inhabitants
but not more than * one hundred thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall
be not less than * seventy-five hundred dollars nor more than * fifteen
thousand * dollars.

In counties having a population of more than one hundred thousand
inhabitants but not more than one hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, such
salaries shall be not less than * ten thousand five hundred dollars nor more
than * eighteen thousand five hundred dollars.

In counties having a population of more than * one hundred fifty thou-
sand inhabitants, or more than two thousand inhabitants per square mile,
such salaries shall be not less than * twelve thousand three hundred dollars
nor more than * twenty-one thousand * dollars.

In cities having a population of ten thousand inhabitants, or less, such
salaries shall be not less than * forty-four hundred dollars nor more than
* seventy-five hundred * dollars.

In cities having a population of more than ten thousand inhabitants
but not more than twenty-five thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall
be not less than * forty-nine hundred dollars nor more than * ten thousand
five hundred dollars.

In cities having a population of more than twenty-five thousand in-
habitants but not more than fifty thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall
be not less than * sixty-one hundred dollars nor more than * thirteen thou-
sand * dollars. .

In cities having a population of more than fifty thousand inhabitants
but not more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall
be not less than * eighty-four hundred dollars nor more than * fifteen
thousand * dollars.

In cities having a population of more than one hundred thousand
inhabitants but not more than two hundred thousand inhabitants, such
salaries shall be not less than * ten thousand five hundred dollars nor more
than * eighteen thousand * five hundred * dollars.
In cities having a population of more than two hundred thousand
inhabitants such salaries shall be not less than twelve thousand three hun-
dred dollars nor more than twenty-one thousand dollars.

But nothing herein contained shall prevent the governing body of any
county or city * from supplementing the salary of the attorney for the
Commonwealth in such county or city for additional services not required
by general law, provided that any such supplemental salary shall be paid
wholly by such county or city.

Whenever an attorney for the Commonwealth is such for a county
and city together, or for two or more cities, the aggregate population of
such political subdivisions shall be the population for the purpose of arriv-
ing at the classification of such attorney for the Commonwealth under
the provisions of this section and such attorney for the Commonwealth
shall receive as additional compensation the sum of one thousand dollars.

Each assistant attorney for the Commonwealth, authorized by law,
if his services shall be deemed necessary by the Compensation Board,
shall receive an annual salary which shall not equal or exceed the salary
received by the attorney for the Commonwealth of his county or city.

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this section, the
Compensation Board may, with the consent of the attorney for the Com-
monwealth affected thereby, fix the salary of any attorney for the Com-
monwealth at an amount less than the minimum provided hereinbefore.