Chap. 305.—An ACT in relation to unlawful detainer in the city of Alexandria.

Approved February 12, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall
not be necessary for justices of the peace residing in the city of
Alexandria to make their summonses in unlawful detainer proceed-
ings returnable to, and the cases heard and determined in the wards
where the defendants reside, but may make the same returnable to
and hear and determined the same at their respective offices, wher-
ever located in said city, without reference to the residence of de-
fendants. In all other respects their proceedings shall conform to
the provisions of chapter one hundred and twenty-three of the code
of Virginia.

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