Chap. 4.—An ACT amending sections 7 and 10 of chapter 205 of the Cale
of Virginia, in relation to Examining Courts.

Passed March 12, 1867.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That sections
seven and ten of chapter two hundred and five, of the Code
of eighteen hundred and sixty, be amended and re-enacted
so as to read as follows:

Ҥ 7. If it appear on the examination of such negro or
person as is mentioned in the first section, that a felony has
been committed, and that there is probable cause to charc#
the accused therewith, the court shall remand him for tris
in the circuit court having cognizance of the case, and require
of all material witnesses in such examination, and such as the
accused may desire in his behalf, a recognizance for their
attendance at the trial.”

Ҥ 10. When a person is remanded as aforesaid, by 4
county or corporation court, the clerk thereof shall certify te
the clerk of the court in which he is to be tried, copies of al!
recognizances taken by the said examining court; and to the
attorney prosecuting for the commonwealth, in the cout!
wherein the trial is to be, a copy of the order remanding the
accused, and of any warrant in the case which remains filed
in the clerk’s office.”

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