Chap. 416.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3225 of the code of \
ginia, in relation to the service of process against or notice to a corporatior

Approved February 24, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That s
tion thirty-two hundred and twenty-five of the code of Virginia
eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, as amended and re-enacted
an act approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-fo
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 3225. On whom process against or notice to a corporation m
be served.—Process against or notice to a corporation may be serv
as follows: If the case be against acity or town, on its may
recorder, or on any alderman, councilman, or trustee of such city
town; if against a bank, on its president, cashier, treasurer, or a
one of its directors; if against a railroad company, on its preside
cashier, treasurer, general superintendent, or any one of its directo:
if against some other corporation created by the laws of this sta
on the president, rector, or other chief officer, cashier, treasur
secretary, or any one of its directors, trustees, or visitors; if against a
corporation created by some other state or country, or in any case if
there be not in the county or corporation wherein the case is com-
menced any other person on whom service can be aforesaid, on any
agent of the corporation against which the case is (unless it be a
case against a bank) or on any person declared by the laws of this
state to be an agent of such corporation, and if there be no such
agent in the county or corporation wherein the case is commenced,
and affidavit of that fact and that there is no person in said county
or corporation on whom there can be service aforesaid, publication
of a copy of the process or notice once a week for four successive
weeks in & newspaper printed in this state shall be a sufficient
service of such process or notice, except that in the case of an
insurance company created by the lawsof this state process or notice
shall be, directed to the sheriff or sergeant of the county or cor-
poration wherein the chief office of such company is located ;
and in case of any insurance company or surety company not created by
the laws of this state but doing business in this state, process or notice shall
be served in the manner prescribed by sections twelve hundred and sixty-six
and twelve hundred and sixty-seven, chapter fifty-three of the code of Vir-
ginia. When the publication is of process, it shall be made on an
order directing the same in the case in which the process issues.
The order may be entered either in court or by the clerk of the court
at any time in vacation.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.