Chap. 419.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2940 of the code of Vir-
ginia, in relation to warrants for small claims, as amended and re-enacted
by chapter 74 of acts of assembly 1889-90, as amended and re-enacted by
chapter 541 of acts of assembly 1893-94, as amended and re-enacted by chap-
ter 898 of acts of assembly 1897-98, approved March 3, 1898.

Approved February 20, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-nine hundred and forty of the code of Virginia, in relation to
warrants for small claims, as amended and re-enacted by chapter
seventy-four of acts of assembly, eighteen hundred and _ eighty-nine
and ninety, as amended and re-enacted by chapter five hundred and
forty-one of acts of assembly, eighteen hundred and ninety-three and
ninety-four, as amended and re-enacted by chapter eight hundred and
ninety-eight of acts of assembly, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven and
ninety-eight, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 2940. A justice, when applied to by any person, shall issue a war-
rant directed to a constable or the sheriff of the county, constable or
sergeant of any corporation, wherein the defendant resides, together
with a copy thereof, requiring him to summon the person against whom
the claim is to appear before him or some other justice on a certain
day, not exceeding thirty days from the date thereof, to answer such
claim. It shall be made returnable to some place within the magisterial
district in which the defendant, or, if there be more than one, either
defendant resides, or in which the cause of action arose, unless the
justice, for good cause shown on oath, directed to be returned to some
other place within his county or corporation. But in no case shall a
warrant be made returnable in a county or corporation other than that
in which the defendant or any of them resides: provided, that any cor-
poration or company shall be construed as to this act to reside in any
county or corporation through which its line (if it be a transportation
company) runs, or in which it conducts business. The warrant may be
executed in any part of the county or corporation on any defendant
who resides or may be found therein. The warrant shall be served as
provided for in sections thirty-two hundred and seven and thirty-two
hundred and twenty-five of the code of Virginia.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.