Chap. 250.—An-ACT tor'repeal sections 1295) 1296, and 1297 of the Code of Vir-
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1) 4) Be it enncted by the' genéral assembly of ‘Virginia; ‘That ‘sections
twelve hindvad ‘anid! "ninety-five; tivelve hundred and ‘ninety-six, and
twelve hundred and’ ninety-severi“of ‘the: Code of Virginia; be, and ‘the
katie ate hieteby, repeated! be ee
"8. ‘Such'repeal shallot affect or impair ‘any act done or right estab-
lished, accriiing, accrued, or’acquirdd; or any liability, penalty, forfeiture,
‘or punishment incurred ‘prior, tothe passagé of ‘this act, under ‘or by
Vitthe of any provisioh .oF the Code, ‘or ‘athendimenit thereof, or act of the
‘gericral’ assembly, repedléd by the preceding section, ‘but the same may
‘bé asserted, enforced’, prosecuted, or infliéted as fully“fnd to, the same
‘extent 'as'if the same’ had: not been repealed. ‘All actions and proceed-
‘ings, civil or'criminal, commenced wider or by virtué‘of any provision of

he Code,, or, amendment theréof}'or act of the gencral'assembly, repealed
‘by the precéding’ section, ‘and pending at “tlie date 6f' the passage and
approval of this act, may be prosecuted and defended to final effect in
the same manncr as they might, under the laws then existing, unless it
shall be otherwise specially provided by law. Nothing in this act con-
tained shall be construed to impair the charter of any corporation exist-
ing at the date of the passage and approval of this act, or any right or
liability which any existing corporation, its officers, directors, stock-
holders, 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 Code, or amendment thereof, or act of
the general assembly, repealed by the preceding section.
3. An emergency existing for the immrediate passage of this act, the
same shall be in force from its passage.