Chap. 169.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 173 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, 1887, so as to empower clerks of city councils, common councils, and
boards of aldermen to administer oaths and take affidavits.

Approved March 14, 1906.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section one
undred and seventy-three of the Code of Virginia, eighteen hundred and
ighty-seven, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

$173. Any oath or aftidavit required by law, which is not of such a
ature that it must be made in court, may be administered by, or made
«fore, a justice and certified by him, unless otherwise provided; and in
ny case in which an oath might be administered by, or an affidavit made
efore a justice, the same may be administered by or made before a
otary. a commissioner in chancery, a commissioner appointed by the
overnor, or a court or clerk of a court, or clerks of city councils, com-
non councils or boards of aldermen; or in case of a survev directed by a
ourt in a cause therein pending, by or before the survevor directed to
weute raid order of survey.