Chap. 816.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1676 of the code of Virginia,
entitled disposition of non-resident lunatic.

Approved March 8, 1894.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion one thousand six hundred and seventy-six of the code of Vir-
ginia of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “ disposition of
non-resident lunatic,” be, and it is hereby, amended and re-enacted
so as to read as follows:

§ 1676. Disposition of non-resident lunatic.—If it appear to the
justices that the person examined by them is a lunatic and a non-
resident of the state, the same proceedings shall be had with regard
to said lunatic as if he were a resident of the state and being pro-
ceeded against under the foregoing sections, sixteen hundred and
seventy, sixteen hundred and seventy-one, sixteen hundred and sev-
enty-two, sixteen hundred and seventy-three, sixteen hundred and
seventy-four, or sixteen hundred and seventy-five, or any act amend-
atory thereof; and if said non-resident be received into an asylum
under such proceedings, or be committed to jail, a statement of the
fact of his non-residence and of the place of his domicile, or from
which he came, as far as known, shall accompany any order respect-
ing such lunatic; and the board in the one case, and the court to
whose jail he may have been committed in the other, shall, as soon
as practicable, cause him to be returned to his friends, if known, or
the proper authorities of the state or country from which he came,
if ascertained, and such return be by the said board or court deeme
expedient or practicable; and in all cases such lunatic shall b
treated and cared for as if he were a resident of this state, subject t
the provisions aforesaid, and the further provisions contained 1
section one thousand six hundred and seventy-eight.

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