Chap. 250.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2467 of the code of Vir-
ginia, in reference to the admission of writings to record.

Approved February 6, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-four hundred and sixty-seven of the code of Virginia be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 2467. The two preceding sections are subject to this qualifica-
tion, that any such writing which is admitted to record within ten
days from the day of its being acknowledged before and certified by
a justice, notary, or other person authorized to certify the same for
record, shall, unless it be a mortgage or a deed of trust, not in con-
sideration of marriage, be as valid as to creditors and subsequent
purchasers as if such admission to record had been on the day of
such acknowledgment and certificate.