CHAPTER 101

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-230, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to courts in certain political subdivisions upon

consolidation thereof. rtir310°
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 15-230, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 15-230. Unless and until changed by general law, the jurisdiction
and authority of the circuit and corporation courts having jurisdiction
within any area covered by the consolidation plan or agreement shall be
coterminous with the area of the consolidated city or county, unless and
to the extent modified by a consolidation charter or agreement. The juries
for the trial of cases in any courts of record in any political subdivision
created as the result of any consolidation shall be chosen at large from the
entire political subdivision; provided, however, that as soon as practicable
after the effective date of consolidation, the judges of the courts of record,
acting together, shall commmingle the names of the jurors heretofore chosen
as they appear on the respective jury lists of the political subdivisions so.
consolidating in existence on the effective date of consolidation; and the
said judges shall proportionately divide the names of the jury lists into
as many groups as there are courts of record in the political subdivision so
consolidating, which groups shall be delivered by the judges to the clerks of
the respective courts of record; which respective lists of jurors, the re-
spective courts and clerks shall use for the drawing of juries until the fol-
lowing February fifteenth.