Chap. 172.—An ACT requiring the clerks of courts of records and the bureau
of vital statistics to furnish to honorably discharged members of the United
States military or naval forces, copies of records without charge. [H B 363]

Approved March 20, 1930

I. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
court clerk of the several counties of this State, and the registrar of
the bureau of vital statistics of this State, when requested so to do by
any honorably discharged member of the military or naval forces of
the United States, or their dependents, or by their authorized repre-
sentatives in their behalf, or by the commissioner of pensions of the
United States, or by the director of the United States veterans’ bu-
reau, or regional manager of any regional office of the United States
veterans’ bureau, shall furnish without charge or fee therefor duly
certified copies of any decree of divorce, marriage license, certificate of
marriage, birth certificate, certificate of death, order appointing ad-
ministrator or guardian, letters of administration or guardianship, bond
of administrator or guardian, report of administrator or guardian,
order discharging administrator or guardian, or other judgment, decree
or document required by law or by any rule or regulation of the bureau
of pensions or the United States veterans’ bureau to be furnished as
evidence to establish a claim on behalf of such honorably discharged
member of the military or naval forces of the United States, or his
dependents, for a pension, compensation, family allowance, bonus, or
other money or moneys claimed to be due and payable by or through
said bureau of pensions or United States veterans’ bureau.