Chap. 386.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the Ist, 8th, and 14th Sections
of Chapter 156 of the Code of Virginia, in Relation to Writs of Habeas
Corpus.

° ? Approved November 2, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That

, the first, eighth, and fourteenth sections of chapter one hun-

dred and fifty-six of the Code of Virginia, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

Ҥ 1. The writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum shall be
granted forthwith by any circuit, corporation, or county court,
or any judge of either in vacation, to any person who shall ap-
ply for the same by petition, showing, by affidavits or other
evidence, probable cause to believe that he is detained without
lawful authority.”
Ҥ 8. All the material facts proved shall, when it is required
by either party, be made a part of the proceedings, which,
when they are had in vacation, shall be signed by the judges
and certified to the clerk of the circuit, corporation, or county
court of the county or corporation in which the judgment is
rendered, and be entered by him among the records of the
court.”

“$14. Writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum may be
granted by any circuit, corporation, or county court, or any
judge thereof in vacation, in the same manner and under the
same conditions and provisions as are prescribed by this chap-
ter, as to granting the writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum
so far as the same are applicable.”

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