CHAP. 355.—An ACT amending section 14, of chapter 157, of the Cod
of 1873, in regard to the Recesses of Circuit Courts.

Approved March 31, 1875.

1. Be it enacted by the gencral assembly of Virginia, Ths
section fourteen, chapter one hundred and fifty-seven, of thi
Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be amende:
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 14. Though a court be not held on the first day of s
term, it may nevertheless be opened on any subsequent day.
provided, in the case of a circuit, county, or corporation
court, the same be done before four o’clock in the atternoosz
of the third day. If, after a court is opened, it fail to sit on
any day, it may nevertheless sit on any subsequent day ot
the term: provided, in the case of a circuit, county or cor.
poration court, there be not more than three consecutive
days of said failure; but a circuit court, after being in ses-
sion for fifteen days, may take a recess for a period not ex-
ceeding twenty days.

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