Sec. 3416. Pay of members of board and their secretary and treasurer; expenses of examinations.

The members of said board shall each receive as compensation ten dollars per day for the time spent in the discharge of their duties as members, and mileage now allowed by law to the members of the general assembly of this Commonwealth, to meet the expenses incurred in going to, holding and returning from any sessions of the board held for the discharge of any of the duties devolving upon them. The compensation of the secretary and treasurer shall be fixed by the board. The per diem and mileage of the members of the board, the compensation of the secretary and treasurer, and the necessary expenses incurred in conducting the examinations, shall be paid by the secretary and treasurer out of the fund derived from fees paid by applicants. The compensation for services and expenses herein provided for shall not exceed the amount received as fees from applicants, which shall be fixed by the rules and regulations adopted by the said board, as hereinafter provided, relative to the examinations to be held by said board.

(1922, p. 654. In force June 18, 1922.)

Sec. 3417. Fees to be paid by applicants.

In order to defray the compensation, mileage and expenses above provided for, the board shall fix by general rule or special order the fees to be paid by each applicant. If any surplus accumulates from such fees, it shall be divided at periods of five years between the law libraries of the supreme court of appeals at Wytheville and Staunton. (1922, p. 654. In force June 18, 1922.)

Sec. 3418. Preliminary certificate of character and of age.

No one shall take any examination until he shall file with said board a certificate from the circuit court of the county, or the corporation court of the city wherein he resides, or the judge of either of said courts, that he is a person of honest demeanor, is over the age of twenty-one years, and has resided in this State the preceding six months; or, if he has been a student in one of the law schools of this State connected with a university or college, a certificate signed by any two professors of said law school that he is a person of honest demeanor, is over the age of twenty-one years; and within the preceding three years has studied law at said school for a period of two collegiate years.

(1922, p. 654. In force June 18, 1922.)

Sec. 3419. Preliminary certificate of persons over nineteen and under twenty-one years of age.

Any person who is over the age of nineteen and under twenty-one years of age may also take any examination upon filing with the board a certificate from the circuit court of the county, or the corporation court of the city in which he resides, or the judge of either of said courts, that he is a person of honest demeanor, that he is over the age

of nineteen years, that he has studied law for the period of two years in the office of a practicing attorney in this State, and that he will attain the age of twenty-one years on the........................................day of.... (giving the date); or, if he has been a student in one of the law schools of this State connected with a university or college, a certificate of two of the professors in said school, that he is a person of honest demeanor, that he is over the age of nineteen years, that within the preceding three years he has studied law for a period of two collegiate years in one of said law schools, or in the office of a practicing attorney in this State, as the case may be, and that he will attain the age of twentyone years on the day of.. (giving the date). No license to an applicant under this section shall be issued until he attains the age of twenty-one years.

(1922, p. 654. In force June 18, 1922.)

Sec. 3420. Revocation of license.

The board may, for good cause, revoke any license issued by it at any time before there has been a qualification under it in any of the courts of this Commonwealth, but not thereafter.

(1922, p. 654. In force June 18, 1922.)

Sec. 3421. Attorney to qualify in each court in which he practices. Every such person shall produce, before each court in which he intends to practice, satisfactory evidence of his being so licensed or authorized, and take an oath that he will honestly demean himself in the practice of law, and to the best of his ability execute his office of attorney at law; and also, when he is licensed in this State, take the oath of fidelity to the Commonwealth.

(1922, p. 654. In force June 18, 1922.)

Sec. 3422. Penalty for practicing without being licensed and qualified; when penalty not incurred.

If any person shall practice law for compensation in this State, without being so licensed or authorized, or without taking the oaths required, he shall be fined, for each offense, not less than fifty dollars, nor more than one hundred and fifty dollars; but this penalty shall not be incurred by an attorney practicing for compensation, after obtaining a license, if he shall qualify at the first term thereafter of any court of the county or corporation in which he resides.

(1922, p. 654. In force June 18, 1922.)

Sec. 3434. Salary of secretary of Commonwealth and his clerks; contingent expenses.

The secretary of the Commonwealth the sum of four thousand dollars, and he shall receive no other compensation for his services; all fees of office and commission accruing shall be paid into the treasury. He shall have power to appoint such clerical force as he may deem necessary to the efficiency of his department and to apportion such salaries among his several clerks as he may think proper, not in conflict with law; but the aggregate amounts paid such clerks shall not exceed

the sum provided by law; and he shall have power to expend for the contingent expenses of his office such sum as may be provided by law. (1920, p. 493. In force February 1, 1922.)

Sec. 3435. Auditor of public accounts; his salary; his clerks and their salaries; contingent expenses of office.

The auditor of public accounts, on and after the first of March, nineteen hundred and twenty, an annual salary of five thousand dollars; but all fees of office accruing to him shall be paid into the treasury. He shall have power to appoint such clerical force as he may deem necessary to the efficiency of his department and to apportion such salaries among his several clerks as he may think proper not in conflict with law, but the aggregate amounts paid such clerks shall not exceed the sum provided by law; and he shall have power to expend for the contingent expenses of his office such sum as may be provided by law.

(1920, p. 85. In force June 18, 1920.)

Sec. 3437. Treasurer and his clerks; contingent expenses.

The treasurer, the sum of five thousand dollars, and he shall receive no other compensation for his services; all fees of office and commissions accruing shall be paid into the treasury. He shall have power to appoint such clerical force as he may deem necessary to the efficiency of his department and to apportion such salaries among his several clerks as he may think proper, not in conflict with law; but the aggregate amounts paid such clerks shall not exceed the sum provided by law; and he shall have power to expend for the contingent expenses of his office such sum as may be provided by law.

(1920, p. 500. In force February 1, 1922.)

Sec. 3463. See chapter 11 of Acts 1918, herein.

Sec. 3465. Clerks, reporter, and stenographer.

The clerk of the supreme court of appeals at Richmond, the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars, and the clerks of said court at Staunton and Wytheville, each the sum of three hundred and fifty-two dollars, and the clerk of the circuit court of the city of Richmond, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars; the reporter, fifteen hundred dollars.

3. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are repealed.

(1920, p. 531. In force March 19, 1920.)

See chapter 11 of Acts 1918, herein.

Sec. 3466. Judges of the circuit courts.

The judges of the circuit courts, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars each; provided, however, that the judge of the circuit court of the city of Richmond shall receive the sum of four thousand dollars, and the judge of the first judicial circuit, beginning on the first day of February, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, shall receive the sum of four thousand dollars, and provided, further, that all judges. (except those two) whose terms of office, whether elected to fill regular

or unexpired terms, began after January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eighteen, or begin after the passage of this act, shall receive the sum of three thousand dollars each, the whole of which said salaries of said judges shall be paid out of the State treasury, the State to be reimbursed to the extent of one-half thereof by the respective counties and cities composing the circuit, according to their respective population, except that of the salary of the judge of the circuit court of the city of Richmond, the State shall pay the proportion which would otherwise fall to the city of Richmond; and it is hereby made the duty of the auditor of public accounts: On or before the first day of June, of the year nineteen hundred and three, and of each year thereafter, to apportion between the counties and cities composing each judicial circuit the salary of the judge thereof for the year beginning the first day of February, of the succeeding year, according to the respective population of said counties and cities as shown by the last preceding census taken under authority of the United States, and transmit a statement of such apportionment to the clerk of the council of each city composing the judicial circuit, and to the treasurer of each of said counties and cities.

It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of each county and the council of each city to provide funds for the payment of so much of said salary as said statement shows to have been apportioned to its county or city; but it is hereby made the duty of the treasurer of such county or city to pay the same into the treasury of the State on or before the first day of December each year, out of the funds of his county or city in his hands, and to this end he shall retain of said funds collected by him a sum sufficient to pay such portion of said salary, and the said apportionment shall be the first and superior charge against said funds.

Any treasurer failing to make such payment within the time prescribed therefor shall be liable to the Commonwealth on his official bond, for the part of such salary apportioned to his county or city, and a penalty thereon of ten per centum.

(1922, p. 5. In force January 30, 1922.) See chapter 11 of Acts 1918, herein.

Sec. 3467. See chapter 11 of Acts 1918, herein.

Sec. 3468. Judges' salaries.

Judges of the city courts of the cities of the first class shall receive for their compensation as such the following salaries, respectively:

The judge of the chancery court of the city of Richmond, the judge of the law and equity court of the city of Richmond, the judge of the hustings court of the city of Richmond, the judge of the law and chancery court of the city of Norfolk, and the judge of the corporation court of the city of Norfolk, the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars each; the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of Petersburg, the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of Lynchburg, the judge of the corporation or hustings court

of the city of Roanoke, the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of Danville, the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of Newport News, the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of Alexandria, the judge of the corporation or hustir gs court of the city of Staunton, and the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of Portsmouth, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars each; and the judge of the hustings court part two, of the city of Richmond, the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars and the judge of the court of law and chancery of the city of Roanoke, the sum of three thousand dollars; provided, however, that the judges of the corporation courts of the cities of Petersburg, Lynchburg, Danville, Newport News, Alexandria, Roanoke, Staunton, Portsmouth, Hopewell, and Charlottesville shall receive the sum of three thousand dollars each, said salaries to begin on the first day of the terms of such judges, or their successors in office, following the terms which they are now serving whether the same be a regular or unexpired term. The whole of the said salaries of said judges shall be paid out of the State treasury, the State to be reimbursed to the extent of one-half thereof by the respective cities; and it is hereby made the duty of the auditor of public accounts on or before the first day of June of the year nineteen hundred and three and of each year thereafter to apportion the salary of each of said judges, respectively, between the State of Virginia and the cities above named, respectively, in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and three of the Constitution of Virginia; that is to say, one-half of said salary of each of said judges to be paid by the State of Virginia, and the other half by the city, and to transmit a statement of such apportionment to the clerks of the councils of said cities, respectively, and to the treasurers of said cities, respectively.

It shall be the duty of the council of said cities to provide for the payment of so much of said salary as said statement shows to have been apportioned to its city; but it is hereby made the duty of the treasurer of such city to pay the same into the treasury of the State on or before the first day of December each year, out of any funds of his city in his hands; and to this end he shall retain of said funds collected by him a sum sufficient to pay such portion of said salary, and said apportionment shall be the first and superior charge against said funds. Any treasurer failing to make such payment within the time above prescribed therefor shall be liable to the Commonwealth on his official bond for the part of such salary apportioned to his city as aforesaid and a penalty thereon of ten per centum.

(1920, p. 805; 1922, p. 9. In force January 31, 1922.) See chapter 11 of Acts 1918, herein.

Sec. 3481. Justices of the peace.

(1) For taking and certifying the acknowledgment of any deed or other writing, fifty cents.