Chap. 247.—An ACT to amend Chapter 94 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1934, approved March 7, 1934, and known, designated and cited as the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Act, by adding thereto a new section numbered 31-a, authoriz-
ing and prescribing the method of contesting local option elections held under
the provisions of the said act. [H B 445]

Approved March 27, 1940

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That
chapter ninety-four of the Acts of the General Assembly of nineteen
hundred and thirty-four, and known, designated and cited as the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, be amended by adding thereto a new
section numbered thirty-one-a, which new section shall read as follows:

Section 3l-a. The regularity or legality of any such election
called and held as herein provided shall be subject to the inquiry, de-
termination and judgment of the circuit or corporation court which
entered the order setting forth the results of such election, upon
complaint of fifteen or more qualified voters of such county, city or
town, filed within thirty days after the date of such order, and setting
out fully the grounds of contest. Such complaint and the proceedings
thereon shall conform as nearly as practicable to the provisions of
section twenty-seven hundred and fifty-four of the Code of Virginia,
and the judgment of the court duly entered of record shall be a final
determination of the regularity and legality of such election.