Chap. 89.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5080 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to appointment of persons to celebrate rites of marriage.
[H B 133]

Approved March 10, 1938

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion five thousand and eighty of the Code of Virginia, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 5080. The circuit and corporation courts of this State,
the clerks of which are authorized to issue marriage licenses, shall
appoint one or more persons, resident in the county or city for which
such court is held, to celebrate the rites of marriage within the same,
and upon any person, so appointed, giving such bond as is required
of an ordained minister, shall make a like order authorizing him to
celebrate the rites of marriage in such county or city, as the case may
be. “Any order made under this or the preceding section may be
rescinded at any time by the court or by the judge thereof in vacation.