Chap. 152.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3426 of the code of Vir-
ginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and
re-enact section 3426 of the code of VirginiA, in relation to interlocutory de-
crees and orders, approved February 12, 1894.

Approved January 27, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
three thousand four hundred and twenty-six of the code of Virginia,
as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section
three thousand four hundred and twenty-six of the code of Virginia,
in relation to interlocutory decrees and orders, approved February
twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 3426. On the motion of any party, to a chancery cause pending
in a circuit or corporation court, on reasonable notice to the adverse
party or his counsel, the judge of such court may, in vacation, make
any interlocutory decree or order, or direct any proceeding therein
preparatory to the hearing of the cause on the merits; and may, also,
after like notice to the adverse party or his counsel and to the pur-
chaser, make an order confirming or refusing to confirm a sale made
under a decree in any such cause, and in case of a refusal to confirm
the sale, the judge may order a resale.

In all cases of a confirmation the judge shall have the authority
to make all orders necessary to carry the same into effect.

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