Chap. 106.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3405 of the Code of Virginia,
as amended, relating to reports by clerks of the business of courts of record.

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Approved March 1, 1944

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section thirty-four hundred hve of the Code of Virginia, as
amended, be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

Section 3405. Reports by clerks of the business of courts of record
in this State—(a) The clerk of each court of record in this State,
within fifteen days from the end of each calendar month, shall make to
the Supreme Court of Appeals at Richmond a report of the business dis-
posed of by his court during the month just ended. The report herein
provided for shall contain such information as the Supreme Court of Ap-
peals deems proper to enable it to gain a fair knowledge of the business
of the several courts of the State.

(b) The clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals shall furnish the
clerks of the courts herein mentioned with a form upon which the re-
ports provided for shall be made.

(c) The reports shall be so filed and arranged in the office of the
clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals that the General Assembly or
any other body or officer of this State may have access thereto.

(d) The Supreme Court of Appeals shall have the power, and it
shall be its duty, to obtain such information, and present same to the
next regular session of the General Assembly, and at each recurring ses-
sion, together with any recommendation it sees fit to make, looking tc
the equalization of the work of the several courts of record of this State.
or any matter pertaining to the conduct of the work of the courts which
may enable the General Assembly to have complete knowledge thereof ;
and the Supreme Court of Appeals, if it find it necessary, may employ
some person conversant with court work to obtain and compile the in-
formation referred to herein, and pay a reasonable sum for this service
out of any funds not otherwise appropriated in the public treasury, as
may be approved by the Governor.