Chap. 262.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3392 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, in relation to the recordation of certain writings and other papers.

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Approved March 23, 1926.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-three hundred and ninety-two of the Code of Virginia, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:
Section 3392. Duty of clerk as to recording writings, et cetera,
and making index.—Every writing authorized by law to be recorded,
with all certificates, plats, schedules, or other papers thereto annexed
or thereon endorsed, upon payment of fees for the same and the tax
thereon, if any shall, when admitted to record, be recorded by or under
the direction of the clerk, in typewriting or in a fair and legible hand,
and in such books as are prescribed by section thirty-three hundred
and ninety-nine, which shall be indexed by him as provided by section
thirty-three hundred and ninety-four, and carefully preserved. Upon
admitting any such writing or other paper to record it shall be the
duty of the clerk to endorse thereon the day and time of day of such
recordation. More than one book may beused contemporaneously
under the direction of the clerk for the recordation of the writings
mentioned in this section whenever it may be necessary to use more
than one book in order to the proper conduct of the business of his
office. After being so recorded, such writings may be delivered to the
party entitled to claim under the same. Any clerk failing to comply
with the provisions of this section or of section thirty-three hundred
and ninety-four shall, for every such failure, forfeit the sum of twenty
dollars.