Chap. 294.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 108-b of the Code of Virginia,
as amended, relating to registration of voters in certain cities and counties,
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H B 199]
Approved March 26, 1946

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section one hundred eight-b of the Code of Virginia, as
amended, be amended and re-enacted, as follows: |

Section 108-b. In the discretion of the electoral board of any city
having a population of one hundred and sixty-five thousand, or more,
inhabitants, or of any city having a population of more than thirty-one
thousand but less than thirty-seven thousand, all according to the last
preceding United States census, or in the discretion of the electoral board
of any county, in lieu of registering voters in permanent books, the elec-
toral board may provide for the registration of voters on serially num-
bered cards, provided that such card system of registration shall not be
adopted by the electoral board of any county unless and until the same
be approved by the board of supervisors or other governing body of the
county. In the event that such card system of registration is adopted
by the electoral board of any such city, or by the electoral board of any
county, it shall be the duty of the general registrar of such city, or the
registrars of the several voting districts of such county, as the case may
be, including any town voting districts or precincts in such county, to
forthwith proceed to register the names of all voters of such city, or of the
several voting districts of such county and of any town therein, as the
case may be, including those heretofore registered, on serially 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 of any such city, or any registrar of any election district of any
county or of any town therein, or the electoral board thereof, to provide
for the destruction of any books, or records, now in existence, relating
to registration of voters.