CHAPTER 515

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 42-18 and 42-19 of the Code of Virginia,
relating, respectively, to local law libraries in charge of circuit court
clerks and to the enforcement of rules for such libraries. CH 498]

Approved March 31, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 42-18 and 42-19 of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 42-18. If the members of the bar practicing in any county or city
of the Commonwealth shall procure by voluntary contribution a law
library of the value of five hundred dollars, at the least, for the use of
the courts held in such county or city, and of the bar practicing therein,
it shall be the duty of the circuit court of such county or corporation court
of such city to require its clerk to take charge of the library so contributed
and to keep the same in the courthouse or clerk’s office building according
to the rules prescribed by the bar and approved by the court.

§ 42-19. The observance of the rules so prescribed and approved may
be enforced by the circuit court of the county or corporation court of the
city by such summary process and judgment as shall be provided by such
rules.