CHAPTER 309

An Act to amend and reenact § 24-345.8 of the Code of Virginia, as
, relating to the filing of declarations of candidacy in primary

and general elections for certain public offices so as to facilitate
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Approved March 13, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 24-345.3 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 24-345.8. Notwithstanding all other provisions of this Title, during
the effective period of this chapter * all declarations of candidacy, except
for town, county and city offices, required by Chapter 14 of this Title to
be filed by candidates in primary elections shall be filed at least ninety days
before the date of the primary. * The party chairman or other officer or
officers with whom such declaration of candidacy are filed, in addition to
certifying the names as now required by law, shall * certify within * not
less than * ten days to the State Board of Elections, hereinafter referred
to as Board, the names of all primary candidates for any office * to be filled
by election by the voters of the State at large or of any Congressional
district, House of Delegates district, or State Senatorial District.

During the effective period of this chapter * all political parties
desiring to nominate candidates for * said offices * shall make and
complete their nominations in the manner provided by law on or before
the Tuesday after the second Monday in July next preceding the election
for such offices unless a second primary be required, in which event any
party for which such second primary is required shall complete its nomi-
nations on the fifth Tuesday following the first primary, * and the proper
authorities of each political party shall certify the names of its candidates
to the Chairman of the Electoral Board, if required, and to the Board not
later than ten days after said day.

All candidates for said offices other than party nominees shall file their
notices of candidacy and petitions, if same are required by Chapter 8 of
this Title, within ten days after the Tuesday after the second Monday in
July unless a second primary be required, in which event any such candi-
date shall file his notice of candidacy and petition within ten days following
the day of such second primary * with the Board, and also with the clerk
or other officer, when same is required by law. The name of no candidate
for any * office required by this section to be certified to the Board whose
name is not so certified, or whose notice of candidacy, if the filing of such
a notice is required by such chapter of the Code, is not filed within the
time peunived by this section, shall be printed on any official ballot for
said election.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1 as amended, of Chapter 365 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1952, approved March $1, 1952, relating to certain
restrictions on hunting, and providing penalties for violation Me Odi

Approved March 13, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: .
1. §1. It shall be unlawful for any person other than the owner, his
agent or assigns to cut, fell, mutilate or destroy in any manner any tree tn
any county of Virginia; and it also shall be unlawful for any person to
carry * any axe other than a belt axe with a handle less than 20 inches, *
saw or other tool or instrument customarily used for the purpose of cutting,
felling, mutilating or destroying trees while hunting for game or wildlife *
without obtaining prior permission of the landowner. Any person violating
the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic-
tion punished accordingly.

Game wardens, sheriffs and all law enforcement officers shall enforce
the provisions of this act.
2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.