Chap. 18.—An ACt to amend and re-enact the Ist and 2d sections of
chapter 159 of the Code of Virginia, edition of 1860, relating to the
times of holding the District Courts,

Passed Mareh 15, 1867.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That sections
one and two, of chapter one hundred and tifty-nine of the
Code, edition of eighteen hundred and sixty, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Ҥ 1. The number of terms and the places of session of
the district courts, and the times of holding the district and
circuit courts within any judicial section, may be determined
or changed from time to time by the order of a district court
of the same judicial section; but until so determined or
changed, shall remain as now fixed by law. Any order made
under this section, shall be certified by the clerk of the court
in which it is made to the clerk of each court to be affected
by it, and to the clerk of the house of delegates.

Ҥ2. In every year there shall be one term of each district
court, and the day for its commencement and the place of
holding the court shall be as follows: For the first district,
on the first of December, at the courthouse of the town of
Petersburg; for the second district, on the tenth day of De-
cember, at the courthouse of Lynchburg; for the third dis-
trict, on the sixth day of December, at the courthouse of the
city of Williamsburg; for the fourth district, on the ninth
day of July, at the courthouse in the town of Fredericks-
burg; for the fifth district, on the first day of July, at the
courthouse of Albemarle county; for the sixth district, on
the first day of December, at the courthouse in the town of
Winchester; for the seventh district, on the fifteenth day of
July, at the courthouse of Abingdon, Washington county.”

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