Chap. 14.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections three, four, and six
of chapter one hundred and forty-four of the Code of Virginia (1860,)
tm reference to the Protest of Notes.

In force December 25, 1872.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That.
sections three, four and six, of chapter one hundred and forty-
four of the code of Virginia, eighteen hundred and sixty, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§3. A bill or note which becomes due on a Sunday, shall
be payable and may be protested on the preceding day; and a
bill or note which becomes due on a Christmas day, or the first
day of January, or the twenty-second day of February, or
fourth day of July, shall be payable and may be protested on
the preceding day, or if that be Sunday, then on the preceding
Saturday.

§4. When a bill or note is protested, either under the pre-
ceding section or otherwise, on the day preceding any Sunday,
Christmas day, first day of January, twenty-second day of
February, or fourth day of July, notice of the dishonor thereof
need not be given until the first day afterwards which is not
Sunday, Christmas day, or the first day of January, or twenty-
second day of February, or fourth day of July. ~
§6. If the day following that on which such bill shall
become due shall happen to be a Sunday, or Christmas day, or
the first day of January, twenty-second day of February, or
the fourth day of July, then it shall not be necessary to present
it, or forward it for presentment, for payment to such acceptor
for honor or referee until the first day afterwards which is not
Sunday, or Christmas day, or the first day of January, or
twenty-second day of February, or fourth day of July.