Chap. 8.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3388 of the Code of Vir-
ginia. [S B 7]
Approved February 10, 1936

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

Section 3388. Clerk’s Offices to be Kept Open on Certain Days;
Records, et cetera, Open to Inspection; Copies Authorized—The
clerk’s office of every court shall be kept open on every day, except
Sunday, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving day and Christmas day, dur-
ing convenient hours, for the transaction of business; provided, how-
ever, that in cities of the first class the said office may be closed on
memorial day, labor day and armistice day, and the judge of the circuit
court of any county may authorize the clerk to close the said office on
such day or days, and the said judge, with the approval of board of
supervisors may also authorize the said clerk to close the said office on
Saturday at one o’clock, post meridian. The records and papers of
every court shall be open to inspection by any person, and the clerk
shall, when required, furnish copies thereof, except in cases where it
is otherwise specially provided. But no person shall be permitted to
use the clerk’s office for the purpose of making copies of records in
such manner, or to such exent, as shall interfere with the business of
the office, or with the reasonable use of the same by the general public.