Chap. 113.—An ACT to Amend the First Section of Chapter One Hundred
and Sixty-Eight of the Code of Virginia, edition of eighteen hundred and
sixty, in regard to Change of Names.

Approved June 4, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the first section of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of the
Code of Virginia, edition of eighteen hundred and sixty, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

“$1. Any person desiring a change of his own name, or
that of his child or ward, may apply therefor to the circuit
court of the county or corporation in which he resides, or if
he be a citizen of the state, without a fixed residence in any
one county or corporation, his application may be to the cir-
cuit court of the city of Richmond. In the case of a minor
who has no parent or guardian, this application may be made
by his next friend. On any such application the court in its
discretion may order a change of the name, and thenceforth
the new name shall be in place of the former.”

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