Chap. 154.—An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section num-
bered 3387-a, providing for copying of certain records in ofhce of clerks of
court under certain circumstances. (HI 253]

Approved March 7, 1944

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a new section
numbered thirty-three hundred eighty-seven-a, as follows:

Section 3387-a. The judge of each court of record when satisfied
that the records and papers in the office of the clerk of his court are
becoming illegible or are wearing out and is of opinion that same should
be preserved, may order the records and papers copied or photographed
or otherwise duplicated.

The copies of the records and papers shall be examined and com-
pared by the clerk with the originals and when he is satisfied that the
copies are exact he shall certify them as true copies; the copies when
so examined and certified shall be kept in the same place in which the
originals are kept and the latter shall continue to be carefully preserved.

The city or county in which the clerk’s office is located, any papers
of which have been so copied, shall bear the expense of same. ©

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