Chap. 503.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2844 of the Code of Virginia,
as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sec-
tion 2844 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to public holidays, approved
February 28, 1890, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to
amend and re-enact section 2844 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-
enacted by an act to amend section 2844 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to
public holidays, approved February 5, 1896, as amended and re-enacted by an
act to amend section 2844 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to public holi-.
days, approved February 19, 1896.

Approved April 2, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-eight hundred and forty-four of the Code of Virginia, a3 amended
and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend section twenty-eight
hundred and forty-four of the Code of Virginia, in relation to public
holidays, approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety,
as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-
enact section twenty-eight hundred and forty-four of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend sec-
tion twenty-cight hundred and forty-four of ‘the Code of Virginia, in re-
lation to public holidays, approved February fifth, eighteen hundred and
ninety-two, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend section
twenty-cight hundred and forty-four of the Code of Virginia, in relation
to public holidays, approved February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and
ninety-six, be amended and re-enacted so as to read: as follows:

§ 2844. The first day of January, the nineteenth day of January
(known as Lee's birthday), the twenty-second day of February, the
thirtieth day of May (Confederate memorial day), the fourth day of
July, the first Monday in September (known as labor day), the twenty-
fifth day of December, every Saturday from twelve o’clock noon until
twelve o’clock midnight, each of which Saturdays is hereby designated a
half holiday, and any day appointed or recommended by the governor of
this State or the president of the United States as a day of thanksgiving
or of fasting and prayer, or other religious observance, shall, for all pur-
poses whatever, as regards the presenting for payment or acceptance and
of protesting and giving notice of the dishonor of any bill of exchange,
draft, check, promissory note, or other negotiable instrument made on
and after May first, nineteen hundred and two, be considered and treated
as a Sunday and as public holidays and half holidays, and all such bills
of exchange, drafts, checks, promissory notes, or other negotiable instru-
ments otherwise presentable for payment or acceptance on any of the said
holidays, or half holidays, or on a Sunday, shall be deemed to be payable
and be presentable for payment or acceptance on the secular or business day
next succeeding such holiday or half holiday or Sunday: and provided,
further, that when any person, firm, corporation, or company shall on
any Saturday designated a half holiday receive for collection any bill of
exchange, draft, check, promissory note, or other negotiable instrument,
such person, firm, corporation, or company shall not be deemed guilty of
any neglect or omission of duty, nor incur any liability in not presenting
for payment or acceptance or collecting such bill of exchange, draft,
check, promissory note, or other negotiable instrument on that day: and
provided, further, that in construing this section every Saturday desig-
nated a half holiday shall until twelve o’clock noon be deemed a secular
or business day, except in so far as the same may be inconsistent with the
act of assembly approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-
eight, known as the negotiable instrument law, and the days and half
days so designated as holidays and half holidays shall be considered as
public holidays and half holidays for all purposes whatsoever as regards
the transaction of business: and provided, further, that nothing herein
contained shall be construed to prevent or invalidate the entry, issuance,
service, or execution of any writ, summons, confession, or Judgment, or
other legal process whatever on any of the Saturday afternoons herein
designated as half holidays, nor to prevent any bank from keeping its
doors open or transacting its business on any of the said Saturday after-
noons, if, by a vote of its directors, it elects to do so.

2. Whenever the first day of January, the nineteenth day of January,
the twenty-second day of February, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth
day of July, or the twenty-fifth day of December shall fall on Sunday,
the Monday next following shall be deemed a public holiday for any and
all the purposes aforesaid, and in that case every bill of exchange, draft,
draft, check, promissory note, or other negotiable instrument made on
and after May first, nineteen hundred and two, which would otherwise
be presentable for payment or acceptance on the said Monday, shall be
deemed to be presentable for payment or acceptance on the secular or
business day next succeeding.

3. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed,
except that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to be
intended to repeal any of the provisions of the act of assembly approved
March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, known as the negotiable
instrument law.

4, This act shall be in force from its passage.