§ 61. Authority, jurisdiction and compensation of magistrate.  


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  • The said justice of the peace [magistrate] shall be a conservator of the peace within the corporate limits of the Town of Luray, and within one mile beyond the corporate limits of said town, except as otherwise provided by law, and shall be vested with jurisdiction to issue warrants for violations of town ordinances, acts and resolutions; admit accused persons to bond, and fix the amount thereof, or remand them to jail pending trial, and shall be vested with all the jurisdiction or authority within the town, and within one mile of its corporate limits, under the ordinances, acts and resolutions of the town council, with which justices of the peace [magistrates] for counties are vested under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The compensation of the justice of the peace [magistrate] shall be the same fees as are fixed by statute for justices of the peace [magistrates] for counties.

    (Acts 1954, ch. 29)

(Acts 1954, ch. 29)