Chap. 406.— An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3207 and $208 of the Code
of Virginia.

Approved December 10, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
thirty-two hundred and seven and thirty-two hundred and eight of the
Code of Virginia be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 3207. Mode of serving notice; evidence of service——A notice, no
particular mode of serving which is prescribed, may be served by deliver-
ing a copy thereof in writing to the party in person; or, if he be not found
at his usual place of abode, by delivering such copy and giving informa-
tion of its purport to his wife or any person found there, who is a mem-
her of his family, and above the age of sixteen years; or, if neither he
nor his wife, nor any such person be found there, by leaving such copy
posted at the front door of said place of abode. Any sheriff, sergeant, or
constable thereto required, shall serve a notice in his county or corpora-
tion, and make return of the manner and time of service; for a failure
so to do he shall forfeit twenty dollars. Such return, or a similar re-
turn by any other person who verifies it by affidavit, shall be evidence of
the manner and tine of service: provided, however, that in divorce pro-
ceedings notices for the taking of depositions, or for any other purpose.
shall be served only by the sheriff of the county or the sergeant or sheriff
of the city in which the service is sought to be had.

§ 3208. Service as to non-residents.—Any such notice té a person not
residing in Virginia may be served by the publication thereof once a
week for four sucecssive wecks, in a newspaper published in the city or
county where the proceedings, about which the notice is given, are to
be held, or if no newspaper is published in such city or county, then in
a newspaper published in some convenient city or county.

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