Chap. 239.—An ACT to provide for the registration of voters in all cities having
a population of not less than 60,000 nor more than 100,000, on serial number
cards. [S B 288]

Approved March 23, 1936

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That in the
discretion of the electoral board of any city having a population of not
less than sixty thousand nor more than one hundred thousand accord-
ing to the last preceding United States census, in lieu of registering
voters in permanent books, the electoral board may provide for the
registration of such voters on serial numbered cards. In the event
that such system of registration is adopted by the electoral board, it
shall be the duty of the general registrar of such city to forthwith pro-
ceed to register the names of all voters, including those heretofore
registered, on serial numbered cards approved by the electoral board,
which registration shall be as effective as if the names of such persons
had been registered in permanent books, as heretofore provided by
law. Thereafter, all laws applicable to registration books and the use
thereof, shall apply to such registration cards. This section shall not
be construed as authorizing the general registrar, or the electoral board,
to provide for the destruction of any books, or records, relating to
registration now in existence,