Chap. 169.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 6017 and 6028 of the
Code of Virginia, relating to appeals and removals of cases from justices
courts, [H B 349]

Approved March 20, 1930

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
six thousand and seventeen and six thousand and twenty-eight of the
Code of Virginia, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 6017. In every case cognizable by a justice, except cases of
unlawful entry and detainer, where the amount or thing in controversy
exceeds the sum or value of fifty dollars, the justice shall, at any time
before trial, upon the application of the defendant, and upon payment
by him of the costs accrued, writ tax, and the sum of four dollars
on account of costs to be incurred, remove the case, and all the papers
thereof, to the circuit court of the county or to the corporation court
of the city wherein the warrant has been brought and transmit to the
clerk the writ tax and the said sum of four dollars received by him,
and the clerk of said court shall forthwith docket the case. On the
trial of the case the proceedings shall conform to proceedings under
section six thousand and forty-six.

Section 6028. When an appeal is taken from the judgment of a
justice of the peace or a civil justice, the party taking such appeal shall,
within thirty days from the date of such appeal, pay to the clerk of
the court to which such appeal has been taken the amount of the writ
tax as fixed by law, and four dollars on account of costs in the appel-
late court, and in the event of his failure to do so, the appeal shall
stand dismissed, and the judgment of the justice of the peace or civil
justice affirmed, and the origina! papers shall be returned to the said
justice or civil justice, who shall enter judgment against any surety
given at the time of appeal as a matter of course.