Chap. 118.—An ACT to amend the Jaws relating to the Printing of the
Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly.

‘ Passed January 28, 1867.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section
four of chapter sixteen of the Code, (edition of eighteen
hundred and sixty), be amended and enacted so as to read as
follows:

Ҥ 4, The acts and joint resolutions of each session of the
general assembly shall be printed in octavo form, and in a
style to correspond with that of the acts of the session of
eighteen hundred and sixty-five and sixty-six, except that the
acts and resolutions of each session shall be printed and
numbered in the order: in which they are passed, and as
soon as practicable thereafter; and that, beginning with
‘the acts and. resolutions of the session of eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-five and sixty-six, a continuous paging of
the text of the acts and resolutions shall be adopted
and kept up until a volume is formed, containing, as nearly
as may be, without dividing the. acts and. resolutions of
any session, and including a general index, one thousand
pages; after which a new volume shall be formed in like
manner. ‘To the acts and resolutions-of each session there
shall be a well-arranged index, except when the acts and
resolutions of a session complete a volume, as herein pro-
vided, when there shall be an index to the entire volume.
With the acts and resolutions of each session, there shall be
tables showing the times for the commencement of the regu-
lar terms of each district, circuit, county and corporation
court, and of tlie supreme court of appeals, and the places
at which separate polls have been established in each county.”

2. That section. fiiteen, of chapter fifteen, of the Code,
(edition of eighteen hundred and sixty), heretofore amended
by act of July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one,
and by act of March first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,
and by apt of March the third, eighteen hundred and sixty-
six, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Ҥ 15. The clerk of the house of delegates shall be the
keeper of the rolls. As such, he shall cause all the acts and
joint resolutions ot the general assembly to be enralled on
substantial paper, of unitorm size; and after they shall have
been examined by the committees on enrolled bills, and signed
by the president of the senate and speaker of the house of
delegates, he shall cause the same to be bound in one volume,
in durable style. He shall have the custody of the acts and
resolutions of the general assembly and the record and
papers of the house of delegates; and when required, shall
furnish a copy of any of them; which copy being certified
by him, shall be ‘evidence for. any purpose for ‘which the
original would be received, and with as much effect. He
shall, as soon a® practicable after the passage of every act or
joint résolution, prepare the same for publication in the man-
ner prescribed by the sixteenth chapter, and furnish to the
superintendent of public printing the manuscript, properly
arranged for being printed. And he shall, as soon as practi-
cable after the adjournment of the general assembly, furnish
the index and the tables required by law, and shall superin-
tend the publieation of such acts, resolutions, tables and
index, in .connection with the superintendent of public
printing.” .

3. That section three, of chapter twenty, of the Code
(edition-of eighteen hundred and sixty), heretofore amended
by act of March first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, be re-
pealed; and that section four of the same chapter, also
amended by the act of March first, eighteen hundred and
sixty-six, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

““§ 4. He shall cause the acts and resolutions of the gene-
ral assembly to be printed as soon as practicable after the
passage of each, and shall furnish to each member of the
general assembly, for distribution, ten copies, and within
torty days after the end of each session, deliver to the secre-
tary of the commonwealth three thousand copies, with the
tables and index complete, printed and bound, as required by
law.” | )

4. That the act in regard to the printing of acts of private
incorporations, passed February twenty-seventh, eighteen
hundred and sixty-six, be repealed. ’

5. This act shall be in force from its passage.