Chap. 72.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Nineteen of Chapter
Seven of the Code of Virginia (edition of eighteen hundred and sixty),
in relation to Vacancies in the office of Judge.

Approved May 3, 1870. |

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section
nineteen of chapter seven of the Code of Virginia (edition of
eighteen hundred and sixty), be amended and re-enacted 80 as
to read as follows:

Ҥ 19. The office of judge shall be deemed vacant not only
when he dies, resigns, or is removed from office, but also when
he fails to qualify within thirty days next after he receives his
commission: provided, however, that the judge elected at the
present session of the general assembly of Virginia for the
corporation court of the town of Staunton, may qualify at any
time within ninety days from the date of his commission.”

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