Chap. 206.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4856 of the Code of were.
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Approved March 14, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
forty-eight hundred and fifty-six of the Code of Virginia be amended
and re-enacted to read as follows:

Section 4856. Foreman of grand jury; his oath, and oath of other
jurors, and oaths of witnesses.—From among the persons summoned
who attend, the court shall select a foreman, who shall be sworn as
follows: ‘You shall diligently inquire, and true presentment make, of
all such matters as may be given you in charge, or come to your knowl-
edge, touching the present service. You shall present no person
through prejudice or illwill, nor leave any unpresented through fear or
favor, but in all your presentments you shall present the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth. So help you God.” The other grand
jurors shall afterwards be sworn as follows: ‘‘The same oath that your
foreman has taken on his part, you and each of you shall observe and
keep on your part. So help you God.” Any witness testifying before
the grand jury may be sworn by the foreman.