Chap. 183.—An ACT to repeal chapter 817 of the acts of the general assembly of
1897-’98, approved March 3, 1898; chapter 298 of the acts of the general assem-
bly of the extra seasion of 1901, approved February 16, 1901; chapter 4 of the
acts of the general assembly of 1895- 6, approved December 14, 1895; chapter
299 of the acts of the general assembly of 1895- 6, approved February 12, 1896 ;
chapter 405 of the acts of the general assembly of 1901- 2, approved March 29,
1902, and chapter 688 of the acts of the general assembly of 1897-’8, approved
March 3, 1898.

Approved March 14, 1904.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That chapter
eight hundred and seventeen of the acts of the general assembly of
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven and eighteen hundred and ninety-
eight, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight; chapter
two hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of the general assemblv of the
extra session.of nineteen hundred and one, approved February sixteenth,
nineteen hundred and one; chapter four ‘of the acts of the general as-
sembly of eighteen hundred and: ninety-five and eighteen hundred and
ninety-six, approved December fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-
five; chapter two hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of the general
assembly of eighteen hundred and ninety-five and eighteen hundred
and ninety-six, approved February twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-
six; chapter four hundred and five of the acts of the general assembly
of nineteen hundred and one and nineteen hundred and two, approved
March twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and two, and chapter six hun-
dred and eightv-eight of the acts of the general assembly of eighteen
hundred and ninety-seven and eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, ap-
proved March third, eighteen humdred and ninety-eight, be, and the
same are hereby, re repealed.

2. Such repeal shall not effect or impair anv act done or right estab-
lished, accruing. accrued, or acquired, or any liability. penalty, forfeit-
ure, or punishment incurred prior to the passage of this act, under or
by virtue of any provision of the acts of the general assembly, or amend-
ments thereof, repealed by the preceding section; but the same may be
asserted, enforced, prosecuted, or inflicted as fully and to the same
extent as if the same had not becn repealed. All actions and proceed-
ings, civil or criminal, commenced under or by virtue of any provision of
the acts of the general assembly, or amendments thereof, repealed by the
preceding section, pending at the date of the passage and approval of
this act, may be prosecuted and defended to final effect in the same
manner as they might under the laws then existing, unless it shall be
otherwise specially provided by law. Nothing in this act contained shall
be construed to impair the charter of any corporation existing at the
date of the passage and approval of this act, or any right or liability
which any existing corporation, its officers, directors, stockholders, or
creditors may have or be subject to, or which any corporation had or
was subject to, at the date of the passage and approval of this act, by
virtue of any provision of the acts of the general assembly or amend-
ments thereof, repealed bv the preceding section.

3. An emergency existing for the immediate passage of this act, the
same shall be in force from its passage.