Chap. 31.—An ACT amending and re-enacting section 3456 of the Code of
Virginia, 1887.

Approved February 8, 1908.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
three thousand four hundred and fifty-six of the Code of Virginia,
eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

* 3456. How person desiring to present such petition may procure
suspension of execution—At the instance of any person who desires
to present such petition, the court in which the judgment, decree, or
order is, may, during the term at which it is rendered or made, or the
judge rendering such judgment, order or decree, may, within thirty
days after such term is ended, make an order suspending the execution
of such judgment, decree, or order, for a reasonable time, to be specified
in such order, when such person shall give bond, before the clerk of said
court, in such penalty as the court or judge may require, with a condi-
tion reciting such judgment, decree, or order, and the intention of said
person to present such petition, and providing for the payment of all
such damages as may accrue to any person by reason of the said suspen-
sion, in case a supersedeas to such judgment, decree, or order, should
not be allowed, and be effectual within the time so specified; provided,
however, that where the judgment, decree or order appealed from dis-
solves an injunction the judge may in his discretion decline to grant a
suspension of such judgment, decree, or order.