Chap. 34.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of Chapter 31 of the Acts of
Assembly of 1944, approved February 17, 1944, relating to the recordation by
clerks of courts of certain information with respect to persons inducted into
the armed forces of the United States. . [H.B. 61]

Approved April 2, 1945

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

I. That section five of chapter thirty-one of the Acts of Assembly
of nineteen hundred forty-four, approved February seventeen, nineteen
hundred forty-four, be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

Section,5. The clerk shall be entitled to and paid from the funds
of his county or city a fee of not to exceed fifty cents for copying in the
Induction and Discharge Record, World War II, the information ob-
tained from the draft boards as to each such resident, but in no case shall
any charge be made the resident who has served in the armed forces for
recording his discharge papers.

Chap. 35—An ACT to authorize all political subdivisions and school boards to
acquire and purchase property of all kinds from the United States of Amer-
ica, or any agency thereof, and to remove restrictions in provisions of laws,
charters and ordinances, in order to enable such acquisitions and purchases
to be made. [S. B. 11]

Approved April 5, 1945

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, as follows:

1. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or of any
charter or any ordinance, the governing body of any county, city, town, or
sanitary district, or any other political subdivision, or any school board of
this State may, by ordinance or resolution, authorize the acquisition and
purchase from the United States of America, or any agency thereof,
whether now existing or hereafter created, any equipment, supplies, mate-
rials, or other property, real or personal, in such manner as such govern-
ing body or school board may determine. ,

(b) It is the purpose of this act to enable any political subdivision
or school board of this State to secure from time to time promptly the
benefits of acquisitions and purchases as authorized by this act, to aid
them in securing advantageous purchases, to prevent unemployment and
thereby to assist in promotion of public welfare and to these ends such
political subdivisions and school boards shall have power to do all things
necessary or convenient to carry out such purpose, in addition to the
expressed power conferred by this act. This act is remedial in nature and
the powers hereby granted shall be liberally construed.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.
Chap. 36—An ACT to repeal Chapter 404 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922, ap- —
proved March 24, 1922, and all acts amendatory thereof, relating to special
police in certain counties. [S. B. 18]

Approved April 5, 1945 :

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That chapter four hundred four of the Acts of Assembly of
nineteen hundred twenty-two, approved March twenty-fourth, nineteen
hundred twenty-two, and all acts amendatory thereof, is repealed.

Chap. 37—-An ACT to create a sanitary district in Chesterfield County to be
known as Bermuda Sanitary District; to prescribe the powers and duties of
the boards of supervisors of such county as to such district; to provide for
the construction, acquisition, maintenance, and operation of certain public
utilities and services in such district; and to provide that the said board of
supervisors shall, with respect to such district, have all such powers and duties
as are imposed upon the boards of supervisors with respect to sanitary dis-
tricts by general law; and to repeal an act creating a sanitary district known
as “Chester Sanitary District No. 1” approved March 26, 1938, and known
as Chapter 274 of the Acts of the, General Assembly of Virginia of 1938.

[S. B. 28]
Approved April 5, 1945

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, as follows:

1. Section 1. Bermuda Magisterial District in Chesterfield
County, Virginia, is hereby established a sanitary district in said County,
to be known as “Bermuda Magisterial Sanitary District”.

Section 2. The governing body of said district shall be the Board
of Supervisors of Chesterfield County, and said Board shall have the
powers and duties, subject to the conditions and limitations therein set
out, as are imposed in and provided for in an act of the General As-
sembly of Virginia entitled “an act to provide for the creation of sanitary
districts in counties of the State adjoining a city having a population,
according to the last preceding United States census, of one hundred
and seventy thousand inhabitants or more; to prescribe the powers and
duties of the board of supervisors of such counties as to the construction,
acquisition, maintenance and operation of water supply, sewerage, light
and power and gas systems in such districts, and to provide for issuance
of county .bonds; to provide funds for establishing and operating such
public utilities in said sanitary districts”, approved March seventeenth,
nineteen hundred and twenty-six, and in all acts amendatory thereof,
and in addition thereto shall have such powers and duties with respect
to such sanitary district.as are imposed upon boards of supervisors with
respect to sanitary districts by general law.

2. An act creating a sanitary district known as “Chester Sanitary
District No. 1” approved March 26, 1938 and known as chapter two |
hundred seventy-four of the Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia
of nineteen hundred thirty-eight is hereby repealed.
cHS. 38, 39] : . ACTS OF ASSEMBLY 37

Chap. 38—An ACT to authorize the governing body of Fairfax County to con-
tract with the United States or with any agency, department, agent or em-
ployee thereof for the establishment, maintenance and operation of a prisoner
of war camp in the county, to authorize the governing body to post and pay
such bond or other security required for the establishment of such camps, and
to pay from the county levy fund any amounts necessary for the establish-
ment, maintenance and operation of such camps, and, in general, to authorize
the governing body to do all proper and needful acts in relation thereto.

[S. B. 43]
Approved April 5, 1945

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. Section 1. The governing body of Fairfax County 1s au-
thorized to contract with the United States or with any agency, depart-
ment, agent or employee thereof for the establishment, maintenance and
operation of a prisoner of war camp in such county on such terms and
for such periods of time as the governing body deems proper.

Section 2. Such governing body is further authorized to post any
pay such bond or other security as may. be required for the establishment
of such camp in the county.

Section 3. The governing body is empowered to pay from the
county levy fund or the general fund of the county any amounts neces-
sary for the establishment, maintenance and operation of any such camp
in the county.

Section 4. The governing body is also empowered to perform such
acts, expend county funds, appoint agents, and do all things necessary
or proper for the establishment, maintenance and operation of such camps
in the county. The powers conferred hereunder are supplemental and in
addition to other powers conferred on the governing body by general or
special law.

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

Chap. 39—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 9 of Chapter 85 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1938, approved March-10, 1938, relating to lobbying. [S. B. 49]

Approved April 5, 1945

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section nine of chapter eighty-five of the Acts of Assembly
of nineteen hundred thirty-eight, approved March ten, nineteen hundred
thirty-eight, be amended ‘and re-enacted, as follows:

Section 9. Any legislative counsel or legislative agent, and any
employer of such legislative counsel or legislative agent, violating any
provision of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one thousand dol-
lars, or be confined in jail not exceeding twelve months, or both.

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Commonwealth to take
appropriate steps for the prosecution of any person violating such pro-
visions, and such prosecution may also be had upon complaint of the
Attorney General or of any member of the General Assembly. The Cir-
cuit Court of the City of Richmond shall have original jurisdiction in the
trial of any person accused of such violation.

Chap. 40—An ACT to amend and re-enact: Section 3 of Chapter 392 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1940, approved April 1, 1940, relating to fire protection in
certain counties, which chapter amended and re-enacted Chapter 207 of the
Acts of Assembly of 1930, approved March 22, 1930, relating to the same
matters, the section prescribing how funds from the special fire protection
levy may be expended. , [S. B. 51]

Approved April 5, 1945

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section three of chapter three hundred ninety-two of the
Acts of Assembly of nineteen hundred forty, approved April first, nine-
teen hundred forty, which amended and re-enacted chapter two hundred
seven of the Acts of Assembly of nineteen hundred thirty, approved
March twenty-second, nineteen hundred thirty, be amended and re-
enacted, as follows:

Section 3. Said fund so raised by said special levy shall be used,
in the discretion of the board of supervisors, for the payment of any in-
debtedness heretofore or hereafter incurred by any volunteer fire fighting
company recognized as such by the board of supervisors of said county,
located in said county, in the purchase of necessary fire fighting equip-
ment, and for the purchase, by the board of supervisors, of any neces-
sary fire fighting equipment which, in the discretion of said board, may
be needed by any such recognized fire fighting companies in said county,
and said fund may also be used, in the discretion of said board of super-
visors, for contracting with any individual, corporation, organization, as-
sociation or municipal corporation, located within or without said county,
or located partly within and partly without said county, for services ren-
dered in affording fire protection in said county, or said board may con-
tribute a portion of said fund to any fire fighting company located within
or without or partly within and partly without said county that renders
fire protection in said county.

The board of supervisors may also use any part of the fund raised by
such special levy for the purposes of maintaining and operating buildings
in which any such fire equipment is kept, for fuel to be used in heating
such buildings, telephone service therein, purchasing of oil, grease, gaso-
line, tires and necessary replacements and repairs to such fire fighting
equipment, for payment of full time or part time firemen, and for any
other expense deemed necessary, by the board of supervisors, for the
proper upkeep and maintenance of any fire fighting company or depart-
ment in such county. The board of supervisors shall not use any part of
such fund to pay for any building which any fire company may erect.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.
cus. 41, 42] ACTS OF ASSEMBLY 3g

Chap. 41—An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new sec-
tion numbered 5147-a relating to the conveyance of estates and interests in
land, under certain circumstances, and validating certain conveyances hereto-
fore made. [H.B. 3]

Approved April 5, 1945 .

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding thereto a new
section numbered -fifty-one hundred forty-seven-a, as follows:

Section 5147-a. Any person having an estate or interest in land may,
by deed, convey same to himself or herself and another or others, and
the fact that one or more persons are both grantors and grantees in the
same deed shall be no objection to the deed. The grantees in any such
deed shall take title in like manner, and the estate vested in them shall
be the same, as if the deed had been made by one or more persons who
are not also grantees therein.

All such deeds heretofore made are validated notwithstanding de-
fects in the form thereof which do not affect vested rights.

2. This act shall take effect September one, nineteen hundred
forty-five. )

Chap. 42—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “An Act to authorize
and empower the councils of the cities and towns of the State to appropriate
money for advertising their resources.”, approved February 18, 1924, as
amended, so as to omit certain Cities and towns from the restrictions con-
tained in the Act [H. B. 8]

. Approved April 5, 1945

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That an act entitled “An Act to authorize and empower the
councils of the cities and towns of the State to appropriate money for
advertising their resources.”, approved February eighteen, nineteen hun-
dred twenty-four, as amended, be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

~ Section 1. The councils of the cities and towns of the State, except
the cities of Charlottesville, and Bristol, and the towns of Kenbridge and
Victoria, and the towns of the county of Franklin, shall have power, in
their discretion, to expend not exceeding one per centum of their annual
revenues from all sources in advertising and giving publicity to their re-
sources and advantages; provided that the council of the city of Roanoke
shall have power, in its discretion, to expend for the said purposes not
exceeding the sum of three thousand dollars. Providing further that the
town of Virginia Beach may expend for said purpose an amount not ex-
ceeding three per centum of its annual revenue from all sources. Any ap-
propriation or expenditure heretofer made by any such city or town is
hereby declared valid.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.
Chap. 43—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 504 of the Code of Virginia
relating to the publication of escheator’s certificates. {H. B. 10]

Approved April 5, 1945

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section five hundred and four of the Code of Virginia be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 504. The Register shall cause the contents of such certifi-
cate to be published once each week for four consecutive weeks in some
newspaper of general circulation in the county or corporation in which
the proceedings are had, and shall lay before the Governor a copy of such
certificate. The costs of such publication shall be paid iipon warrants of
the Comptroller drawn on the Treasurer pursuant to invoices approved
by the said Register. , ,

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