CHAPTER 224

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 24-118 of the Code of 1950 re-
lating to registration of voters so as to extend the applica-
tion thereof.

[ H 418 ]

Approved March 15, 1950

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
a. That § 24-118 of the Code of 1950 be amended and re-
enacted as follows:
§ 24-118. Registration on serial cards or in loose leaf
binders in counties and * cities.—In the discretion of the elec-
toral board of any city * ov any county, in lieu of registering
voters in permanent books the electoral board may provide for
the registration of voters (1) on serially numbered cards, or
(2) in loose leaf binders locked with an approved key locking
device with white sheets for recording the names of white voters
and buff sheets for recording the names of colored voters, pro-
vided that such * system of registration shall not be adopted
by the electoral board of any county unless and until the same
be approved by the governing body of the county.

In the event that such card or loose leaf binder system of
registration is adopted by the electoral board of any * city, or
by the electoral board of any county, it shall be the duty of the
general registrar of such city, or the general registrar or regis-
trars of the several voting districts of such county, as the case
may be, including any town voting districts or precints in such
county, to proceed forthwith 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, or in loose
leaf binders, approved by the electoral board, which regis-
tration shall be as effective as if the names of such persons
had been registered in permanent books, as heretofore pro-
vided by law. Thereafter, all laws applicable to registration
books and the use thereof, shall apply to such registration cards,
or loose leaf binders. This section shall not be construed as
authorizing the general registrar of any 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.