Chap. 205.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6387 of the Code of ee ny
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Approved March 14, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
sixty-three hundred and eighty-seven of the Code of Virginia be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 6387. To whom attachments may be directed; when and
where returned; payment of writ tax.—Any attachment issued under
this chapter may be directed to the sheriff, sergeant, or constable of any
county or city. Except where otherwise provided, it shall be returnable
to a day of a term of the court not more than ninety days from its date
of issuance nor less than ten days from the date of service, or if the next
term of court be more than ninety days from the date of issuance, then
to a day of the next succeeding term of court not less than ten days from
the date of service, provided, however, that no attachment shall be dis-
continued or defeated by the adjournment of the term before the return
day thereof, but on said return day it shall stand continued to the first
day of the next term. When any attachment is so returned the plain-
tiff therein, shall within thirty days from the date upon which said re-
turn is actually made, or if a trial be sooner had, then before such trial,
pay to the clerk of the court to which the return is made the proper
writ tax as fixed by law, if not already paid, and, in the event of his
failure to do so, the attachment shall stand dismissed ipso facto at the
cost of the plaintiff, and no further proceedings shall be had thereon.

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