Chap. 67.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of chapter 93 of the
acts of the general assembly of Virginia entitled an act to provide for the
retirement of registered certificates of the State issued to schools, col-
leges and other organizations, by authorizing and directing the issuance
and sale of two million, four hundred and sixty-eight thousand, six hun-
dred and five dollars and eighty-five cents ($2,468,605.85) of bonds of the
Commonwealth of Virginia; and to provide for the payment of the inter-
est on such bonds and the principal thereof at maturity, approved April
18, 1927. {S B 178]

Approved February 28, 1928.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion five of chapter ninety-three of the acts of the general assembly
of Virginia, approved April eighteenth, nineteen hundred and twen-
ty-seven, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 5. The bonds and coupons issued under the provisions of
this act shall be engraved, and the bonds shall be signed, on behalt
of the Commonwealth of Virginia, by the treasurer of Virginia and
the auditor of public accounts, under the great seal of the Com-
monwealth, attested by the secretary of the Commonwealth. The
interest coupons on such bonds as may be issued in coupon form,
shall be signed by the State treasurer, whose signature upon such
coupons may be his engraved facsimile signature. On and after
March first,-nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, the said bonds and
coupons may be signed by the present treasurer, comptroller and
secretary of the Commonwealth, or by and of their respective suc-
cessors in office at the time of signing, but no change in such sig-
nature shall be necessary by reason of any change of said officers.
The said bonds shall be engraved by a company of recognized
standing, who shall either permit the plates to be the property of
the Commonwealth of Virginia, or shall, in the presence of the
comptroller and State treasurer, destroy the said plates.

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