Chap. 541.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “an act to amend and
re-enact section 3385 of the Code of Virginia, so as to authorize the signing of
bills of exception, either in term time or vacation,” approved February 15, 190},
so as to make the same apply to criminal as well as civil cases.

Approved December 31, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-three hundred and eighty-five of the Code of Virginia, as hereto-
fore amended, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 3385. Bill of exceptions.—In the trial of a case at law, in which an
appeal, writ of error, or supersedeas lies to a higher court, a party may
except to any opinion of the court, and tender a bill of exceptions, which
(if the truth of the case be fairly stated therein), the judge shall sign,
and it shall be a part of the record of the case. Any bill of exception:
may be tendered to the judge, and signed by him, either during the
term at which the opinion of the court is announced, to which exception
is taken, or in vacation, within thirty days after the end of such term.
or at such other time as the parties, by consent entered of record, may
agree upon, and any bill of exceptions so tendered, and signed by the
judge as aforesaid, either in term time or vacation, shall be a part of
the record of the case. This act shall apply to criminal as well as civil
cases.

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