CHAP. 300.—An ACT to permit females to qualify, give bond and act a
deputy clerks in all courts of this Commonwealth. (H. B. 228.)

Approved March 18, 1916.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
any female over the age of twenty-one years may be appointed
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deputy clerk by the clerk of any court of this Commonwealth,
and with the consent of the court may qualify and give bond
as such, and thereafter perform all of the duties of such office

as fully and effectually as if she were a male, and the court
shall not refuse to approve any such appointment solely be-
cause such appointee is a female.