CHAP. 290.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the eighth sub-section of see-
tion 5 of the Code of Virginia in relation to the computation of time.

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Approved March 18, 1916.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the eighth sub-section of section five of the Code of Virginia be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Eighth. Computation of time.—Unless otherwise provided by
the statute or contract under consideration, the time from or
after which, or within which, an act may be done, or the time
before or after a given date, shall be computed by excluding
the first day and including the last day of the period.