CHAPTER 97

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 24-28 and 24-118.1 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to registrars and registration records. CH 162]

Approved March 2, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 24-28 and 24-118.1 of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 24-28. Board to prepare and distribute records for registration.—
The State Board of Elections shall prepare suitable books or other appro-
priate forms or records for the registration of voters, and forward them
to the clerks of the circuit courts of the counties and the corporation courts
of the cities, to be by them distributed to the registrars of their respective
election districts. The records shall be so arranged as to admit of the
alphabetical classification of those registered, and shall be ruled in parallel
columns in which shall be entered the full name of the voter, the fact
that he is sworn, his age, occupation, his place of residence at time of
registration, the length of time of his residence at time of registration,
the length of time of his residence in the county or city, and, if in a
city, the name of the street and number of house in which he resides if
numbered, the length of time he has resided in the State, and if naturalized,
the date of his papers and if known the court by which they were issued. *

§ 24-118.1. General registrars; appointment, etc.—The governing
body of any county may * provide by resolution for the creation of the office
of general registrar of the county. Upon receipt of a certified copy of the
resolution of the governing body requesting the appointment of a general
registrar by the county electoral board, the electoral board shall within
thirty days thereafter appoint such general registrar, who shall be a dis-
creet citizen, a qualified voter and a resident of the county for which he
is appointed, and shall possess the qualifications prescribed by law for
registrars. The apnointment of such general registrar shall automatically
abolish the office of registrar for each and all of the election districts of
such county as provided by law, as of the date of qualification of the
general registrar, and each and every such district registrar shall there-
upon promptly deliver to the general registrar all of the books, papers and
documents pertaining to their office.