CHAP. 75.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 6075, 6243 and 6245
of the Code of Virginia, the latter of which sections was amended by
an act approved February 25, 1922. [S B 15}

Approved March 28, 1928.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
sections sixty hundred and seventy-five, sixty-two hundred and
forty-three, and sixty-two hundred and forty-five of the Code of
Virginia, the latter of which sections was amended by an act
approved February twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and twenty-
two, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 6075. Docket in which rules are entered.—All pro-
ceedings at rules shall be entered in the current law docket, or
the current chancery docket provided by section sixty-two
hundred and forty-three and section sixty-two hundred and
forty-five as the case may be.

Section 6254. When and how clerks to make out docket of
civil cases at law; how docket cailed and cases disposed of.—
The clerk of every court having jurisdiction of common law and
civil suits and actions shall, when any suit or action is com-
menced, or any notice of motion, petition, appeal, or warrant
removed to said court, is filed, and the required writ tax and
fees thereon paid, enter the same in a substantial, well bound
loose leaf book to be known as the “current law docket.” Each
case shall be entered on a separate sheet, on which shall be
entered the names of the parties, the short style of the suit, the
names of the attorneys, the nature of the suit or action, the date
docketed, the date of the process to commence the suit, the re-
turn day of the process, a memorandum of the service of the
process, the proceedings at rules, and a memorandum of the
orders and proceedings in the case, or so much thereof as may
be applicable to the case. And the clerk may enter the clerk’s
fees in the case on said docket instead of in the fee book pre-
scribed by section thirty-four hundred and ninety-four. Cases
at rules and which have not matured and which are not ready
for hearing, and cases which have matured and are ready for
hearing shall be kept in separate groups or volumes, and all
cases in the first named group or volume shall be transferred
to the second named group or volume as soon as the same have
matured and are ready for hearing. The docket shall be called
at every term of the court designated for the trial of civil cases.
and the cases shall be set for trial on certain days, giving prec-
edence, first, to actions or motions in which the Commonwealth
is interested; and, second, to actions of forcible or unlawful
entry and detainer; and the cases shall be tried or disposed of
in the order in which they are set, except that the court may for
good cause take up any case out of its order. After the ad-
journment of every term of the court the clerk shall enter in
said docket a memorandum of the orders and proceedings and
continuances entered or had in each case on the docket, for
which he shall be entitled to a fee of twenty-five cents each; and
shall transfer from said “current law docket” all cases which
- have been ended and in which final orders or judgments have
been entered to a substantial, well bound loose leaf book, to be
known as the “ended law docket,” in which the cases shall be in-
dexed or alphabetically arranged.

Section 6245. When and how docket of chancery cases
made: how cases called and disposed of.—The clerk of every
court having jurisdiction of chancery cases shall, when any
chancery case is commenced in his court, and the required writ
tax and fees thereon paid, enter the same in a substantial, well
bound loose leaf book to be known as the “current chancery
docket.” Each case shall be entered on a separate sheet, on
which shall be entered the names of the parties, the short style
of the suit, the names of the attorneys, the nature of the suit,
the date docketed, the date of the process to commence the suit,
the return day of the process, a memorandum of the service of
the process, the proceedings at rules, and a memorandum of the
orders and proceedings in the case, or so much thereof as may be
applicable to the case. And the clerk may enter the clerk’s fees
in the case on said docket instead of in the fee book prescribed
by section thirty-four hundred and ninety-four. Cases at rules
and which have not matured and are not ready for hearing, and
cases which have matured and are ready for hearing shall be
kept in separate groups or volumes, and all cases in the first
named group or volume shall be transferred to the second
named group or volume as soon as the same have matured and
are ready for hearing. The said docket shall be called at every
term of the court and the cases disposed of as speedily as the
business of the court will admit. After the adjournment of
every term of the court the clerk shall enter in said docket a
memorandum of the orders and proceedings and continuances
entered or had in each case on the docket, for which he shall
be entitled to a fee of twenty-five cents each; and shall transfer
from said ‘“‘current chancery docket” all cases which have been
ended and in which final orders or judgments have been entered
to a substantial, well bound loose leaf book to be known as the
‘ended chancery docket,’ in which the cases shall be indexed or
alphabetically arranged.
2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are
hereby repealed.

3. This act shall be in force on and after the first day of
January, nineteen hundred and twenty-four.