Chap. 303.—An ACT to permit females to qualify, give bond and act as deputy
clerks in all courts of this Commonwealth; and to validate certain acts here-
tofore performed by females acting as such deputy clerks. [H B 308)

Approved March 19, 1920.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That any
female over the age of twenty-one years may be appointed 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 because such appointee is a female.

2. All acts performed by females as such deputy clerks of any
of the courts of this Commonwealth since the thirteenth day of Jan-
uary, nineteen hundred and twenty, are hereby declared valid and
effective in all respects, if otherwise valid and effective according to
the law then in force.

3. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from its
passage.