Chap. 5.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 319 of the Code of Virginia, as
heretofore amended, relating to the Governor’s staff. [H B 50]

Approved February 7, 1942

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
three hundred and nineteen of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore
amended, be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

Section 319. The Governor’s staff—On and after the first day of
February, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, the staff of the Governor and
commander-in-chief shall consist of the the Adjutant-General of the
State and such additional aides as may be detailed by the Governor and
commander-in-chief from the commissioned personnel of the National
Guard of Virginia, the officers reserve corps or the naval reserve corps,
or officers of the Army or Navy of the United States, which detail shall
operate for the time being as a commission to each officer so detailed
as aide-de-camp, but shall not add to the actual grade of any such officer.
No officer so detailed shall be compelled to serve, nor shall any officer so
detailed who consents to serve, be entitled to, or receive any, compensa-
tion as such aide. Officers so detailed shall not be relieved from their
ordinary duties, except when actually on duty with the Governor and
commander-in-chief. No officer shall be detailed under this section
unless he be a qualified voter of the State. In addition to the officers
above detailed, the Governor may appoint and commission with the rank
of colonel as a personal aide, the Clerk of the House of Delegates and
Keeper of the Rolls of Virginia.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.