Chap. 270.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2275 of the code of Vir-
ginia, in relation to “ how dower may be assigned.”

Approved February 11, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-two hundred and seventy-five of the code of Virginia, in rela-
tion to how dower may be assigned, be amended and re-enacted so as
to read as follows:

§ 2275. How dower may be assigned.—Dower may be assigned as
atcommon law; or, upon the motion of the heirs, devisees or alienees,
or any of them, the court in which the will of the husband is ad-
mitted to record, or administration of his estate is granted, or the
conveyance of the alienee is recorded, may appoint commissioners,
by whom the dower may be assigned, and the assignment, when con-
firmed by the court, shall have the same effect as if made by the
heir at common law; but nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued to take away or affect the jurisdiction which courts of chan-
cery now exercise on the subject of dower.

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