Chap. 271.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 88 of Chapter 171 of
Code of 1860. "

Approved July 11, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section
thirty-eight of chapter one hundred and seventy-one, of the
Code of Virginia (1860) be amended ‘and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

““§ 38. Where a bill, declaration, or other pleading alleges
that any person made, endorsed, assigned, or accepted any
writing, no ‘proof of the handwriting of such person shall be
required, unless the fact be denied by an affidavit, with the
answer, plea, or other pleading, which puts it in issue.”

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