Chap. 117.—An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new
section, numbered 108-b, relating to the registration of voters in cities having

a population of 165,000 or more, inhabitants, by the last United States census.

[S B 340]

Approved March 10, 1930

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
Code of Virginia be amended by adding thereto a new section, num-
bered one hundred and eight-b, to read as follows:

Section 108-b. In the discretion of the electoral board of any city
having a population of one hundred and sixty-five thousand, or more
inhabitants, by the last United States census, in lieu of registering
voters in permanent books, the electoral board may provide for the
registration of such voters on serial numbered cards. In the event
that such system of registration is adopted by the electoral board, it
shall be the duty of the general registrar of such city to forthwith pro-
ceed to register the names of all voters, including those heretofore
registered, on serial numbered cards approved by the electoral board,
which registration shall be as effective as if the names of such per-
sons had been registered in permanent books, as heretofore provided
by law. Thereafter, all laws applicable to registration books and the
use thereof, shall apply to such registration cards. This section shall
not be construed as authorizing the general registrar, or the electoral
ooard, to provide for the destruction of any books, or records, relating
‘0 registration now in existence.