Chap. 107.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2260 of the Code of Virginia,
1887, relating to proceedings for divorce.
Approved March 28, 1903.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-two hundred and sixty of the Code of Virginia of eighteen
hundred and eighty-seven be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows :
§ 2260. How instituted and conducted.—Such suit shall be instituted
and conducted as other suits in equity, except that the bill shall not be
taken for confessed; and, whether the defendant answer or not, the cause
shall be heard independently of the admissions of either party in the
pleadings or otherwise; and no process or notice in such proceedings shall
be served in this State, except by officers authorized to serve the same;
and all depositions, when taken in this State, shall be before a commis-
sioner in chancery. Costs may be awarded to either party as equity and
justice may require.
2. This act shall be in effect from and after the first day of July, nine-
teen hundred and three.