Chap. 315.—An ACT amending section 819 of Code in relation to the residence of
county, district, and corporation officers.

Approved May 20, 1903.

Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
eight hundred and nineteen of the Code be amended and re-enacted so as
to read as follows:

$819. Where officers shall reside-—Every county or district officer
shall, at the time of election or appointment, reside in the county or dis-
trict for which he is elected or appointed. Every county officer shall, at
the time of his election or appointment, have resided for twelve months
next preceding his election in the county for which he is elected or ap-
pointed, or in the city wherein the courthouse of such county is: pro-
vided, that if no practicing lawver residing in the county offer for elec-
tion or appointment, it shall be lawful to elect or appoint as attorney
for the Commonwealth, for such county, a non-resident, or one who has
resided in such county one year: and provided, further, that when the
county courthouse is located within an incorporated town, residence in
such town shall for the purposes of this section be deemed to be a resi-
dence in the district, a part of which is a part. of said town.

This act shall be in force from its passage.

536 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY.