Chap. 695.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3426 of the code of 1887, a3
amended by an act entitle «lL anacttoamend and re-enact section 3126 of the code
of Virginia of 1887, in relation to interlocutory decrees and orders, approved
February 12, 1804, and as amended and re-enacted by an act entided an act to
amend and re-enact. seetion 34: 26 of the code of Virginia, as amended and re-en-
acted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 3426 of the code of
Virginia in relation to interlocutory decrees and orders, approved February 12,
1Sv4, approved January 27, 1800.

Approved March 3, 1898.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-four hundred and twenty-six of the code of Virginia, eighteen
hundred and eighty-seven, as amended by an act entitled an act to
amend and re-enact, section thirty-four hundred and twenty-six of the
code of Virginia, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, in relation to in-
terlocutory decrees and orders, approved February the twelfth, eighteen
hundred and ninety-four, and as amended and re-enacted by an act en-
titled an act to amend and re-enact section thirty-four hundred and
twenty-six of the code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act
entitled an act to amend and re-enact section thirty-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, approved January twenty -seventh, eizhteen hundred and ninety-
six, he amended and re-enacted go as to read as follows:

g 3426. On the motion of any party to a chancery cause pending ina
circuit 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 proceedings 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 purchaser or renter, make an order confirm-
ing or refusing to confirm a sale or renting made under a decree in any
such cause; -and in case of a refusal to confirm the sale or renting, the
judge may order a re-lease, a re-renting, or a sale, as the nature of the
case may require. In all cases of 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.