CHAPTER 9

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-5.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
microphotographing municipal records and destruction of originals so
as to extend such authority to counties, and to provide for micro-
photographing records in the clerk’s office of the circuit court of the

county.
[H 153]

Approved February 5, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

L That § 15-5.1 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as

ollows:
_ _§ 15-5.1.. The governing body of any county, city or town is author-
ized to provide for the photographing or microphotographing, or the re-
cording by any other process which accurately reproduces or forms a dur-
able medium for reproducing the original of all or any part of the papers,
records, documents or other material kept by or in charge of any depart-
ment, agency or institution of such county, city or town. a

A reproduction thereof if substantially the same size as the original,
when satisfactorily identified, is as admissible in evidence as the original
itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding whether the original is
in existence or not and an enlargement or facsimile of such reproduction is
likewise admissible in evidence if the original reproduction is in existence
and available for inspection under direction of the court. The introduction
of a reproduced record, enlargement or facsimile, does not preclude admis-
sion of the original.

Whenever photographs or microphotographs shall have been made
and put in conveniently accessible files, and provision has been made for
preserving, examining and using the same, the governing body of the
county, city or town may cause the records and papers so photographed or
microphotographed, or any part thereof, to be destroyed. Such governing
body may, in its discretion, consult with the county, city or town librarian
with reference to the advisability of destroying any such records, papers,
documents or other material because of any historical significance or value.

With the approval of the judge of the circuit court of the county
entered of record, the clerk of court may, if directed so to do by the county
governing body, microphotograph records in his office which are not re-
quired for current use. No record so microphotographed shall be destroyed
but may be stored in a safe place. The microphotograph or a certified copy
thereof shall be of the same force and effect as the original record.

CHAPTER 9
OPEN AIR THEATRES

§ 46.1-553. It shall be unlawful for any person after July 1, 1954, to
erect any moving picture screen connected with an outdoor moving picture
theatre so that the picture thereon is visible within a distance of thirteen
puieres feet or less to motor vehicle drivers on any primary road in this

te.

§ 46.1-554. The owner or operator of an outdoor moving picture
theatre shall provide sufficient space between the outer edge of the hard
surface or used portion of any highway, from which vehicles approach
any entrance of such theatre and the ticket booth or booths of the theatre,
sufficient to accommodate vehicles in the number of not less than five
per cent of the total theatre vehicle capacity. In determining the space
requirements above set forth, the same shall be calculated on the basis
of one hundred sixty-two square feet per vehicle.
§ 46.1-555. All entrance and exit driveways of any open air theatre
shall be adequately lighted and properly marked to avoid congestion and
confusion and shall remain lighted throughout any performance given at
such theatre and until a reasonable time thereafter sufficient to permit
all vehicles to leave the grounds of the theatre.