Chap. 327.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3392 of the Code of Virginia,
as heretofore amended, relating to recording writings and other instruments.
[H B 224]

Approved March 29, 1934

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-three hundred and ninety-two of the Code of Virginia, as here-
tofore amended, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 3392. Every writing authorized by law to be recorded, with
all certificates, plats, schedules, or other papers thereto annexed or
thereon endorsed, upon payment of fees for the same and the tax
thereon, if any, shall, when admitted to record, be recorded by or under
the direction of the clerk, in typewriting, or by photostating or in a
fair and legible hand, and in such books as are prescribed by section
thirty-three hundred and ninety-nine, which shall be indexed by him
as provided by section thirty-three hundred and ninety-four, and care-
fully preserved. Upon admitting any such writing or other paper
to record it shall be the duty of the clerk to endorse thereon the day
and time of day of such recordation. More than one book may be
used contemporaneously under the direction of the clerk for the
recordation of the writings mentioned in this section whenever it may
be necessary to use more than one book in order to the proper conduct
of the business of his office. After being so recorded, such writings
may be delivered to the party entitled to claim under the same. Any
clerk failing to comply with the provisions of this section or of section
thirty-three hundred and ninety-four shall, for every such failure, for-
feit the sum of twenty dollars.