§ 19.2-9. Prosecution of certain criminal cases removed from state to federalcourts; costs.
When any person indicted in the courts of this Commonwealth for a violationof its laws, has his case removed to the district court of the United Statesunder 28 U.S.C. § 1442, it shall be the duty of the attorney for theCommonwealth for the county or city in which any such indictment is found toprosecute any such case in the United States district court to which the sameshall be so removed, and for his services in this behalf he shall be paid afee of $100 for each case tried by him in such United States district court,and mileage at the rate now allowed by law to the members of the GeneralAssembly for all necessary travel in going to and returning from such court,to be paid on his account when approved by the Attorney General.
A per diem of one dollar and fifty cents for each day of actual attendanceupon such United States district court and mileage at a rate as provided bylaw for every mile of necessary travel in going to and returning from suchcourt shall be paid out of the state treasury to each witness for theCommonwealth in every such case upon accounts therefor against theCommonwealth, certified by the attorney for the Commonwealth prosecuting suchcase and approved by the Attorney General.
It shall not be the duty of the Attorney General to appear for theCommonwealth in such cases unless he can do so without interfering with theefficient discharge of the duties imposed upon him by law; but he may appearwith the attorney for the Commonwealth prosecuting such case in any case whenthe interests of the Commonwealth may in his judgment require his presence.
The Comptroller shall from time to time draw his warrants upon the statetreasury in favor of the parties entitled to be paid the above compensationand expenses, or their assigns, upon bills certified and approved as aboveprescribed.
(Code 1950, § 19.1-14; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.)
§ 19.2-9. Prosecution of certain criminal cases removed from state to federalcourts; costs.
When any person indicted in the courts of this Commonwealth for a violationof its laws, has his case removed to the district court of the United Statesunder 28 U.S.C. § 1442, it shall be the duty of the attorney for theCommonwealth for the county or city in which any such indictment is found toprosecute any such case in the United States district court to which the sameshall be so removed, and for his services in this behalf he shall be paid afee of $100 for each case tried by him in such United States district court,and mileage at the rate now allowed by law to the members of the GeneralAssembly for all necessary travel in going to and returning from such court,to be paid on his account when approved by the Attorney General.
A per diem of one dollar and fifty cents for each day of actual attendanceupon such United States district court and mileage at a rate as provided bylaw for every mile of necessary travel in going to and returning from suchcourt shall be paid out of the state treasury to each witness for theCommonwealth in every such case upon accounts therefor against theCommonwealth, certified by the attorney for the Commonwealth prosecuting suchcase and approved by the Attorney General.
It shall not be the duty of the Attorney General to appear for theCommonwealth in such cases unless he can do so without interfering with theefficient discharge of the duties imposed upon him by law; but he may appearwith the attorney for the Commonwealth prosecuting such case in any case whenthe interests of the Commonwealth may in his judgment require his presence.
The Comptroller shall from time to time draw his warrants upon the statetreasury in favor of the parties entitled to be paid the above compensationand expenses, or their assigns, upon bills certified and approved as aboveprescribed.
(Code 1950, § 19.1-14; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.)
§ 19.2-9. Prosecution of certain criminal cases removed from state to federalcourts; costs.
When any person indicted in the courts of this Commonwealth for a violationof its laws, has his case removed to the district court of the United Statesunder 28 U.S.C. § 1442, it shall be the duty of the attorney for theCommonwealth for the county or city in which any such indictment is found toprosecute any such case in the United States district court to which the sameshall be so removed, and for his services in this behalf he shall be paid afee of $100 for each case tried by him in such United States district court,and mileage at the rate now allowed by law to the members of the GeneralAssembly for all necessary travel in going to and returning from such court,to be paid on his account when approved by the Attorney General.
A per diem of one dollar and fifty cents for each day of actual attendanceupon such United States district court and mileage at a rate as provided bylaw for every mile of necessary travel in going to and returning from suchcourt shall be paid out of the state treasury to each witness for theCommonwealth in every such case upon accounts therefor against theCommonwealth, certified by the attorney for the Commonwealth prosecuting suchcase and approved by the Attorney General.
It shall not be the duty of the Attorney General to appear for theCommonwealth in such cases unless he can do so without interfering with theefficient discharge of the duties imposed upon him by law; but he may appearwith the attorney for the Commonwealth prosecuting such case in any case whenthe interests of the Commonwealth may in his judgment require his presence.
The Comptroller shall from time to time draw his warrants upon the statetreasury in favor of the parties entitled to be paid the above compensationand expenses, or their assigns, upon bills certified and approved as aboveprescribed.
(Code 1950, § 19.1-14; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.)
