Chap. 127.-An ACT to amend and re-enact section 144, Code of Virginia,
1919. [H B 123]
Approved March 29, 1923.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That

section one hundred and forty-four of the Code of Virginia be
amended and re-enacted to read as follows:

Sec, 144. How number increased or diminished, or
boundaries altered, or name changed.—Upon the petition of
twenty qualified voters of a magisterial district of a county, the
circuit court of such county may, in term time or in vacation, in
its discretion, change the name of any election district therein,
alter the boundaries of any election district therein, and re-
arrange, increase or diminish the number thereof, and it may
change the voting places, or establish others therein. When an
order is entered under this section, changing the name of an
election district, or re-arranging, increasing or diminishing the
number of election districts in a magisterial district, it shall be
the duty of the court in its order to designate such new election
district or districts by proper and well defined boundaries. A
copy of the order shall be posted, without delay, at the court
house of the county, also at the voting place of an election dis-
trict the name of which has been changed, and at each new
voting place established, and at any former voting place which
may be affected by the change; but no change shall be made in
the name of any election district, or in any of the said boundaries
or voting places, within thirty days next preceeding any general
election, nor until notice shall have been posted for thirty days
at the front door of the courthouse and at each voting place in
each election district to be affected by the said change.

2. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from
and after its passage.