Chap. 120.—An ACT to Amend Section 5 of Chapter 161 of the Code of
Virginia (edition of 1860) in Relation to Records at Large of Courts.

Approved February 27, 1872

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section five of chapter one hundred and sixty-one of the Code
of Virginia (edition of eighteen hundred and sixty), be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Ҥ 5. The proceedings of every court shall be entered in a
book and read in open court by the clerk thereof. The pro-
ceedings of each day shall be drawn up at large and read
during that term, except those of the last day of a term, which
shall be drawn up and read the same day. After being cor-
rected, where it is necessary, the record shall be signed by the
presiding judge.” |

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