Chap. 378.—An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 458 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Virginia, session of 1926, entitled an act to regulate the keeping
and making entries in the order books of the courts of record, in this State.

[H B 236]
Approved March 28, 1932

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That chapter
four hundred and fifty-eight of the Acts of the General Assembly, ses-
sion of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, be amended and re-enacted
so as to read as follows:

Section 1. There shall be kept in the office of the clerk of every
circuit court, corporation court, court of law and chancery, and court
of hustings, having both equity and common law jurisdiction, two
order books to be known as “law order book” and “chancery order
book,” in which there shall be entered and tecorded all proceedings,
orders, decrees and judgments 6f such courts. here shall be entered
in the law order book all proceedings, orders and judgments of the
court in all suits, prosecutions, proceedings, and matters cognizable by
a court of law, and there shall be entered in the chancery order book all
proceedings, orders, ierdes and judgments of the court in all suits,
causes, proceedings and matters cognizable by a court of chancery.

Section 2. After this act shall take effect, no adjournments of court
shall be entered or noted in either of said order books, except when the
then term shall be ordered closed by the judge holding same. That in
the absence of such order from the judge of any such court, the term
once opened shall continue until the last secular day next preceding the
next ensuing term of such court.

The closing of the term of such court shall be noted in each of said
order books in the following manner:

“Tt is ordered that this court do now stand adjourned until the next
term thereof, as fixed by law.”
And such entry shall be made at the end of the entries for the day
when such adjournment is ordered; or, if made by the clerk, then upon
the last secular day next preceding the new term of such court.

Section 3. Upon the sitting of such court upon the opening day of
a new term thereof, the clerk shall enter, as the caption to the day’s
proceedings, in both said common law and chancery order books, the
following :

“At a circuit (or corporation, or hustings, or court of law and
chancery, as the case may be) court of the county (or city) of-_--_---
at the courthouse of said court in said county (or city), on (day of the
week) the (day of month) day of (month) in the year of our Lord,

one thousand, nine hundred and_-__-_____--__ , and in the one hundred
and________--_- year of our Commonwealth.
“Present: The Honorable_____-_--__--_-- ___Judge.”

Each day’s proceedings shall be signed at the end of the record
thereof, without noting any adjournment of such court, except on the
final day of such term of such court. The record shall be signed by the
judge holding court that day.

At the head of each day’s proceedings there shall be entered as a
caption thereto:

“Circuit (or as the case may be) court of the county (or city) of
~----------- on (day of week) and (day of month) day of (month) in
the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and__--__--_-_-

“Present: The Honorable__--_-------------- Judge.”

No corresponding entry shall be made in the other order book un-
less some item proper thereto shall be entered therein, except, that on
the last day of the then term, either on the order of the court, or by
limitation of law, the final adjournment of the court for that term
shall be noted in both order books, and properly signed by the judge
of such court. All judgments or decrees entered during any term of the
court shall become final at the end of the term or at the expiration of
fifteen days after their rendition, whichever period shall first happen.

2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed.