[Adopted 7-11-1988; amended in its entirety 4-7-1997]
Pursuant to the authority granted by § 42.1-70
of the Code of Virginia, as amended, that there is hereby imposed
and assessed in all courts located with Buchanan County, Virginia,
as part of the cost incident to each civil action filed in said courts,
the sum of $4, and the assessment shall be collected by the Clerk
of the Court in which the action is filed and shall be remitted to
the Treasurer of Buchanan County and held by such Treasurer, subject
to disbursements by the Board of Supervisors for the acquisition of
law books, law periodicals and computer systems for the establishment,
use and maintenance of the Buchanan County Law Library, which shall
be open for public use and for the payment of other disbursements
necessary for the management of such library, as set forth by said
statute. The Board authorizes the presiding Circuit Court Judge of
Buchanan County to appoint a Law Librarian at a salary not to exceed
$200 per month from the Law Library Fund. The Law Librarian shall
timely update and maintain the Law Library. In the event that the
Circuit Court Judge's secretary declines the Law Librarian position,
the Board, upon the Judge's request, shall appoint an available county
employee or constitutional officer or his employee as Law Librarian.
This article shall not apply to any action in
which the Commonwealth of Virginia or any political subdivision of
the commonwealth or the federal government is the party initiating
such action and in which the costs are assessed against the commonwealth,
political subdivision or federal government.
