Chap. 333.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3062 of the code of Virginia,
in reference to what causes and motions may be tried at a special term of acircuit
court, and who may hold it.

Approved February 14, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
three thousand and sixty-two of the code of Virginia be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 3062. What tried at a special term; who may hold it.—At any such
special term, any civil cause may be tried which could lawfully have
been, but was not, tried at the last preceding term that was or should
have been held; and any motion for a judgment or other motion cognizable
by such court may be heard and determined, whether it was pending at
the preceding term or not; and any criminal case in such court by writ of
error may be tried at such special term as if it were a regular term,
although at the preceding regular term the same may not have been
pending im said court, or may have been continued; and any cause or
matter of controversy at law or in chancery, then ready for hearing, or
which may be made ready by consent of parties, may, with the consent
of the parties to such cause or controversy, be heard and determined,
although it could not lawfully have been heard at the preceding term
that wasor should have been held. Every such special term may be
held by the judge of the circuit, or, if he be dead or absent, by any
other circuit judge who may be present, and it may be held part of its
session by one judge and part of it by another; and such special terms
may be adjourned from time to time, during the intervals between the
recular terms, as to the judge may seem necessary for the dispatch of the
business of the court.

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