Chap. 456.—An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1 of Shape 239 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of 1940, approved March 27, 1940, providing for
the reproduction of certain records by photography and micronbolograpie

Approved April 2, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section one of chapter two hundred thirty-nine of the Acts
of the General Assembly of nineteen hundred forty, approved March
twenty-seven, nineteen hundred forty, be amended and-reenacted as
follows:

Section 1. The respective heads of the several administrative
departments, divisions, institutions and agencies of the State are hereby
authorized and empowered to cause, with the approval of the Governor,
all or any part of the records and papers kept by or in their respective
departments, divisions, institutions and agencies to be photographed or
microphotographed and to acquire, maintain and use such appropriate
containers and files as shall be necessary to accommodate and to preserve
the photographs and microphotographs so obtained, and such micro-
photoscopes and microphotoscopic facilities and equipment as shall
be necessary for the purpose of examining and using such microphoto-
graphs, as well as such other microphotographic apparatus and equip-
ment as shall be necessary or advisable for the purpose of making such
microphotographs.