19.2-328 - When jailers and sheriffs to summon or employ guards and other persons; allowances therefor.
§ 19.2-328. When jailers and sheriffs to summon or employ guards and otherpersons; allowances therefor.
Whenever in the discretion of the court it is necessary for the safekeepingof a prisoner under charge of, or sentence for, crime, whether the prisonerbe in jail, hospital, court or elsewhere, the court may order the jailer tosummon a sufficient guard, and whenever ordered by the court to do so, thesheriff of any county or city shall summon or employ temporarily such personor persons as may be needed to preserve proper order or otherwise to aid thecourt in its proper operation and functioning, and for such guard or otherservice the court may allow therefor so much as it deems proper, notexceeding the hourly equivalent of the minimum annual salary paid a full-timedeputy sheriff who performs like services in the same county or city; inaddition, mileage and other expenses for rendering the services shall be paidfor each person, the same to be paid out of the budget allotted to thesheriff as approved by the Compensation Board, except when payment for suchguard is otherwise provided under the provisions of § 53.1-94 of the Code ofVirginia.
(Code 1950, § 19.1-308; 1960, c. 366; 1972, c. 225; 1973, c. 401; 1975, c.495; 1981, c. 386; 1985, c. 321.)