Chap. 269.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the Tenth and Eleventh Sec-
tions of Chapter Forty-two of the Code of Virginia, with regard to Levy
of Executions for Recovery of Debts due the State.

Approved July 11, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the tenth
and eleventh sections of chapter forty-two of the Code of Vir-
ginia. eighteen hundred and sixty, be amended and re-enacted
as follows:
Ҥ 10. Every writ of fieri facias issued according to the
eighth section, shall be levied first on the goods and chattels.
If,in the county or corporation of the person against whose
estate such writ issued, there shall be no goods and chattels
liable thereto, or not a sufficiency thereof, then the officer hav-
ing such writ shall levy it on the real estate.

Ҥ 11. When a levy is so made upon real estate, the officer
making it shall post notice thereof, and of the time and place
of sale, at such public places as may seem to him expedient,
and at the door of the court-house of the county or corpora-
tion in which the real estate is, on a court day. The time of
selling the real estate shall be not less than sixty nor more than
ninety days from the time of posting the notice at the court-
house door. And the sale shall take place at the premises or
at the door of the court-house, as the officer may deem most
advisable.”

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