Chap. 108.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2533 of the Code of Virginia,
edition of 1887, in reference to the jurisdiction of the probate of wills, as
amended by an act approved December 12, 1903, entitled an act to amend and
re-enact section 2533 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved
March 7, 1894, and to amend and re-enact sections 2534 and 2538 of the Code
of Virginia, and to amend section 2547 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by
aun act approved February 23, 1898, in relation to the jurisdiction of the pro-

bate of wills.
Approved March 12, 1904.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-five hundred and thirty-three, as amended by an act approved
March: seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, as amended by an act
approved December twelfth, nineteen hundred and three, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read: as follows:

§ 2533. Jurisdiction of probate of wills—The circuit and corporation
courts of the Commonwealth, and the clerks of the said circuit and cor-
poration courts, shall have jurisdiction of the probate of wills according
to the following rules—that is to say: In the county or corporation
wherein the decedent has a mansion house or known place of residence ;
if he has no such house or place of residence, then in a county or corpo-
ration wherein any real estate lies that is devised or owned by the dece-
dent; and if there be no such real estate, then in the county or corpora-
tion wherein he dies or a county or corporation wherein he has estate:
provided, however, that in the city of Richmond the chancery court of
sald city and the clerk of said court shall have such jurisdiction.

2. In view of the fact that the circuil court system under the Consti
tution is in effect on and after February first, nineteen hundred and four,
this act is declared an emergency act, and shall take effect from its
passage.