Chap. 85.—An ACT to provide for the examination and verification
of the Records of the Courts of the Commonwealth.

Approved February 7, 1884.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall be the duty of the clerk of every court of record in
this commonwealth to verify the accuracy of the records
made by him, by a careful examination and comparison of
the same with the original paper so recorded, within ten days
after such record is made, and shall note such verification and
the date thereof upon the margin of the record, and for any
failure and default herein, he shall be liable to a fine of not
lexs than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, in the discre-
tion of the judge of his court: provided that this provision
shall not apply to clerks of courts in cities and towns having
ten thousand or more inhabitants.

2. For every deed, paper or other writing hereafter exam-
ined by any such clerk, which may have been recorded by
any predecessor of his in office, he shall receive a fee of ten
cents.

3. This act shall be in force from its passaye.