Chap. 137.—-An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6185 of the Code of Virginia
relating to how report of commissioners in chancery made out; what to be re-
turned with it, et cetera, so as to require the commissioner to give notice of the
date of the return of his report to certain parties or their attorneys. [S B 134]

Approved March 11, 1936

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
sixty-one hundred and eighty-five of the Code of Virginia be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 6185. How His Report to be Made Out; What to be Re-
turned With It; When Liable for Costs.—With his report, the commis-
sioner shall return the decrees, orders, and notices under which he
acted, and all the testimony upon which his report is based. He shall
not copy in his account or report any paper; and, if there has been a
previous account, he shall not copy it into his; but, taking it as the
basic of his, correct the errors and supply the defects thereof by an ad-
ditional statement. Everything improperly copied into a commission-
er’s account shall be expunged at his costs, on the application of either
party; and, if on account of his negligence or misconduct, a report be
recommitted, he shall bear the costs occasioned thereby. The com-
missioner shall, on or before the date upon which his report is re-
turned, give notice thereof in writing to all parties who have appeared
in the cause, or to their counsel of record, by mailing the same to their
last known residences or post office addresses, and shall certify in his
report that such notice has been given. The cost of preparing and
mailing this notice shall be taxed as part of the costs of the suit.