Chap. 214. —An ACT to amend and re-enact section 155 of the Code of Vir-
ginia. | CH B 135]
Approved March 16, 1920.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion one hundred and fifty-five of the Code of Virginia, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 155. How and when ballots printed.—It shall be the duty of
the electoral boards of the several counties and cities of this State,
within thirty days preceding each election, to cause to be printed a
number of ballots equal to the entire registered vote of the said county
or city. In magisterial districts of a county or wards of a city, only
the names of the candidates to be voted for in said district or ward
shall be placed on the said ballots. These ballots shall be white paper
tickets without any distinguishing mark or symbol, shall contain the
names of all the candidates complying with the provisions of the law.
printed in black ink, immediately below the office for which they
have so announced their candidacy, in due and orderly succession,
and the names on said ballot shall be in clear print, in the same order
and each name in a separate line, and the type used in printing said
ballots shall be plain Roman type, not smaller than pica.