Chap. 407.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 6 of an Act entitled
an Act to Amend the Provisions of the Code in Regard to the Supreme
Court of Appeals, so as to make them Conform to the New Constitution,
approved June 23, 1870, with Regard to Records, &c., of the Late Dis-
trict Courts.

Approved November 5, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the sixth section of an act entitled an act to amend the provi-
sions of the Code in regard to the supreme court of appeals.
so as to make them conform to the new constitution, approved
June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Ҥ6. The order books, dockets, and other office books be-
longing to the several district courts, shall be delivered to and
remain in the custody of the clerks of the supreme court of
appeals at the places of session respectively having jurisdiction
over the counties, or a majority of them, over which the raid
district courts respectively had jurisdiction. The said clerks
shall certify to the proper circuit or hustings court all judg-
ments. decrees, or orders of the said district courts respectively
which may not have been so certified by the clerks of said dis-
trict courts, shall furnish transcripts of the records and pro-
ceedings of the said district courts when required, and perform
all other duties in respect to records and proceedings of the
said district courts as might have been performed by the clerks
of the said district courts, if the said courts had continued to
exist. All printed and manuscript orders and other papers
pertaining to cases decided in the said district courts, shall be
delivered to and remain in the custody of the clerks of the cir-
cuit courts at the several places where the said district courts
held their sessions, who shall be charged with the same duties
in respect to said records and papers as might have been per-
formed by the clerks of the said district courts respectively, if
said courts had continued to exist, and who shall receive for
any such service similar fees to those charged by the clerks of
district courts for such services.”

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