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1948

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Displaying 101 - 200 of 549

Chapter 102

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 5-b of Chapter 216 of the Acts of Assembly of 1924, which section was added to such chapter by Chapter 47 of the Acts of Assembly of 1940, approved February 16, 1940, relating to the conduct of livestock auction markets and the duties of weighmasters at such markets.
Agriculture

Chapter 103

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 5, as amended, of Chapter 364 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1934, approved March 29, 1934 relating to compensation of certain officers.
Salaries, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 104

An ACT to amend and reenact Chapter 94, as amended, of the Acts of Assembly of 1932, approved March 4, 1932, relating to fire protection and scavenger service in certain counties so as to provide for certain TH 185i
Taxation

Chapter 105

An ACT to authorize the governing bodies of certain counties to require certain licenses to be obtained and prescribe the conditions for issuance thereof.
Business

Chapter 106

An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 2773-n 30-a, conferring certain powers upon the governing bodies of certain counties.
Amendments, Law Enforcement

Chapter 107

An ACT to amend Chapter 440, as amended, of the Acts of Assembly of 1889-1890, approved March 3, 1890, which provided a new charter for the town of Liberty and changed its name to Bedford City (and which is now known as Bedford) by adding a new section numbered 3/-a, relating to care of cemeteries, and to validate certain acts.
Cemeteries, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 108

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 4366, as amended, of the Code of Virginia in relation to the exercise of the power of eminent domain and concerning the pay of commissioners.
Amendments, Property

Chapter 109

An ACT to authorize the governing bodies of political subdivisions to exercise certain powers relative to the adoption of certain ordinances.
Public officers, Fire fighters, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 110

An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 7 and 8 of Chapter 442 of the Acts of Assembly of 1936, approved March 30, 1936, the chapter relating to electric cooperatives and the sections relating to boards of directors and their powers.
Business, Utilities, Amendments

Chapter 111

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 4852 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to grand juries.
Judicial, Voting, Civil Rights, Employment and labor

Chapter 112

AN ACT requiring certain dry or abandoned oil wells in the State to be plugged, sealed or filled; and to provide equitable relief and penalties for violations.
Industry, Utilities, Public expenditures

Chapter 113

An ACT to authorize the Governor on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia to convey to any responsible corporation, association or individual an easement over certain lands in the county of Accomack for the construction, operation and maintenance of electric power, transmission and distribution lines.
Utilities, Property

Chapter 114

An ACT to provide that certain leases of lands for the operation and development of oil and gas in the State of Virginia shall contain certain provisions with respect to offset wells.
Property, Industry

Chapter 115

An ACT to authorize the adoption and enforcement of daylight saving time in certain areas of the State.
Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments, Municipal charters, Transportation

Chapter 116

An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Richmond; to Section 5931 of the Code of Virginia relating to compensation of certain officers, er 90 of the Acts of Assembly of 1926, approved March 2, 1926, relating to civil justices in certain cities, and Chapter 318 of the Acts of Assembly of 1926, approved March 24, 1926, which provided a new charter for the city of Richmond and all amendments thereto.
Municipal charters, Public officers, Budget, Taxation, Education, Pensions, Recreation, Property, Cemeteries, Public spaces, Civil Rights, Amendments

Chapter 117

An ACT to provide for the execution the Governor of Virginia, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, of a certain compact, known as the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact, which creates the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, prescribes its powers, functions and duties, provides for the cooperative action of certain signatory states in the control and abatement of pollution in the waters of the Ohio River Basin; to provide for the appointment of the Virginia members of the Commission; to confer upon the Commission certain powers and authority; to authorize and direct State agencies to cooperate with the Commission in its activities; and to appropriate funds.
Budget

Chapter 118

An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 10 and 11 of Chapter 3 of the Acts of Assembly, Extra Session, 1933, known as the 3.2 Hey eag Act, as heretofore amended, in relation to excise taxes.
Alcohol, Taxation, Business

Chapter 119

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 12 of Chapter 15, of the Acts of Assembly of 1927 (Extra Session), approved April 11, 1927, relating to appeals to the board of zoning appeals in certain counties.
Amendments, Business, Property, Public officers

Chapter 120

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 2854 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to courthouses, clerks’ offices, jails, and other public property.
Jails, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 121

An ACT to authorize the county of Grayson to appropriate funds to the town of Independence for the purchase of fire fighting equipment
Fire fighters, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 122

An ACT to provide for the election and terms of office of the Councilmen of the town of Chilhowie and to provide for the appointment of a vice mayor for the town
Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 123

An ACT to amend and reenact Chapter 326 of the Acts of Assembly of 1938, approved March 29, 1938, as amended, relating to omnes of deputy clerks in counties of less than a certain population.
Judicial, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 124

An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 3 and 20 of Chapter 384 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 28, 1946, which provided a new charter for the city of Charlottesville, and to amend the Chapter by adding a new section numbered 45-a, the amended and new sections relating to exclusion of certain grounds from the city, levy of taxes, and Scho board.
Amendments, Education, Taxation, Municipal charters

Chapter 125

An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 2773, relating to salaries of clerks of boards of supervisors, and to repeal Section 2772 of the Code, relating to the same subject.
Salaries, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 126

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 40, as amended, of Chapter 379 of the Acts of Assembly of 1938, approved March 31, 1938, known as the “Virginia Public Welfare and Assistance Act of 1938”, reducing the period of residence required for eligibility for aid to the blind.
Amendments, Charity, Healthcare, Equality before the law

Chapter 127

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 109, as amended, of “The Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia”, relating to inspection of motor vehicles.
Amendments, Business, Transportation

Chapter 128

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 617, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to textbooks and educational appliances for use in public schools.
Education

Chapter 129

An ACT to authorize the governing bodies of counties, cities and towns to make gifts and donations of property, real or personal, and of money to certain associations and institutions; to validate certain acts; and to repeal Chapter 36 of the Acts of Assembly, Extra Session, 1947, approved January 30, 1947, relating to the same subjects.
Charity, Healthcare, Fire fighters, Public expenditures, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 130

An ACT to amend an act entitled “An act to provide a new charter for the city of Lynchburg, Virginia”
Education, Transportation, Municipal charters, Public expenditures

Chapter 131

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 682, as amended, of the Code of Virginia relating to who may be admitted to public schools and the conditions imposed as to such admissions.
Education, Children -- Institutional care, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 132

An ACT to authorize the governing body of the county of Scott if approved in an election duly called and held in such county, to issue bonds for the purpose of providing funds to appropriate toward the purchase or erection of a hospital in the county of Scott.
Bonds, Healthcare, Public expenditures

Chapter 133

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1, as amended, of Chapter 15 of the Acts of Assembly of 1927, approved April 11, 1927, relating to zoning in certain counties, so as to make certain change or changes as to the scope of the act.
Amendments, Business, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 134

An ACT to amend Chapter 16, as amended, of the Acts of Assembly of 1924, approved February 13, 1924, which provided a charter for the town of Edinburg, by adding a new section numbered 4-b, relating to election and terms of office of mayor and town council.
Municipal charters

Chapter 135

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 4375 of the Code of Virginia relating to appointment of commissioners in certain condemnation proceedings their duties and pay.
Amendments, Property, Utilities

Chapter 136

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 6477 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to limitations of proceedings to enforce judgment and to executions.
Amendments, Debt, Judicial

Chapter 137

An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 6061-a in order to require plaintiffs to furnish full name and last known address of each defendant or other identification upon institution of any proceeding.
Judicial

Chapter 138

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 121 of the Tax Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to recordation taxes.
Taxation, Property, Business

Chapter 139

An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 38, 50 and 53 of the Tax Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to individual, fiduciary and corporation income taxes.
Taxation, Business, Amendments, Employment and labor, Inheritance and succession

Chapter 140

An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 27 and 28 of Chapter 94 of the Acts of Assembly of 1934, approved March 7, 1934, known as the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, as heretofore amended, in relation to excise taxes.
Alcohol, Taxation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 141

An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 4052-a, authorizing the State Corporation Commission to require extension of telephone facilities into rural areas in certain cases.
Utilities

Chapter 142

An ACT to provide an open season for killing deer in the county of Essex; to prescribe the number of deer that may be killed; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict.
Hunting

Chapter 143

An ACT to provide an open season for killing deer in the county of Caroline; to prescribe the number of deer that may be killed; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict.
Hunting

Chapter 144

An ACT to amend Chapter 507 of the Acts of Assembly of 1928, approved March 27, 1928, and known as the Virginia Banking Act, by adding thereto a new section numbered 7l-a, relating to the power of a corporate fiduciary to register and hold corporate stock in the name of a nominee.
Business

Chapter 145

An ACT to make it unlawful to hunt or shoot deer by certain means in King William County.
Hunting

Chapter 146

An ACT to prohibit the hunting of certain game in the county of Charles City with certain firearms, and to prescribe penalties.
Hunting, Wildlife

Chapter 148

An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 2726-a 1, relating to annual allowances to clerks of counties, and to repeal Section 2726-a of the Code of Virginia, relating to the same Soi
Amendments, Budget, Public officers

Chapter 149

An ACT to provide for the killing of deer damaging crops and to repeal certain acts.
Hunting, Agriculture, Charity, Recreation, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 150

An ACT to authorize the governing bodies of certain counties to levy county license taxes and to provide for their assessment and collection.
Business, Taxation

Chapter 151

An ACT to amend the Tax Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 242-c, providing for reassessment of real estate in Re counties.
Taxation

Chapter 152

An ACT to make it unlawful to hunt or shoot any wild bird or wild animal with certain firearms in the county of Caroline; and to provide penalties.
Hunting, Wildlife, Public expenditures

Chapter 153

An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of any county adjoining any city within or without this State having a population of more than 125,000, according to the last preceding United States census, to construct, reconstruct, maintain, alter, improve, add to and operate sewer systems; to acquire by gift, condemnation, purchase, lease or otherwise a sewer system or systems; to permit the use of such systems by any sanitary district, village, town, community, individual, firm, corporation or partnership, to make charge for the use of the sewer system or systems herein authorized as the board may from time to time determine upon; to lay a levy for the purpose of raising funds for the construction, maintenance, operation, improvement, reconstruction and extension of any such sewer system or systems, or to appropriate from the general county fund for such purposes: to contract for a loan and issue bonds for the purpose of construction, acquisition, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, extension and operation of any such sewer system on the credit of the county and/or on the basis of net returns from sewer service charges for the use of such sewer system or systems and without the credit of the county being pledged, provided, that such borrowing power shall not exist, and the loan shall not be contracted for or bonds issued unless and until the action of the board of supervisors determining to construct, maintain and operate or acquire, reconstruct, improve or extend such sewer system or systems shall be certified to the Judge of the Circuit Court of such county, petitioning the said judge to call an election for the purpose of obtaining the sense of the qualified voters of the county on the question of such loan and bond issue for such purpose; prescribing the duties of the Judge of said Circuit Court of said county; prescribing the duties of the county electoral board and the judges of election and other election officials and other public officers; prescribing the duties and powers of the board of supervisors; exempting certain incorporated towns and cities of the second class from the operation of this act, and declaring any bonds issued under authority of this act to be negotiable.
Bonds

Chapter 154

An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of any county having authority to acquire, construct and operate a water supply system or systems under authority of chapter one hundred seventy-five of the Acts of Assembly of nineteen hundred forty-six, and as amended, and the board of supervisors of such counties when and if authorized and empowered by the Acts of the General Assembly of nineteen hundred forty-eight to acquire, construct, and operate a sewer system or sewer systems in any such county, to purchase any such systems from any sanitary district in any such county and to make just and commensurate payment to such sanitary district or districts by way of cash settlement and/or the assumption of any indebtedness against any such sanitary district by reason of any such system or systems; to authorize the board of supervisors to make loans, deposits or investments of any funds on hand to pay any such indebtedness until any such indebtedness may become callable.
Utilities, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 155

An ACT to name the bridge across the Norfolk and Western and Virginian Railroads on Colorado Street, in the town of Salem, on State Highway Route Eleven, “The J. Sinclair Brown Bridge”.
Transportation

Chapter 156

An ACT to authorize the governing body of the county of Greens-
Recreation, Public expenditures, Libraries, Healthcare, Municipal charters

Chapter 157

An ACT to authorize the governing body of the town of Emporia to appropriate funds of such town for the purchase, construction, maintenance, repair and operation of recreation centers, parks, libraries, civic centers, hospital or health centers.
Public expenditures, Recreation, Libraries, Healthcare, Municipal charters

Chapter 158

An ACT to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the county of Roanoke to transfer to The Roanoke County Public Health Association, Incorporated, either by gift, sale or lease, all or part of the lands, buildings and appurtenances now used or usable by The Roanoke Coanty, Public Health Association, Incorporated, in its operation of the Mercy House in Roanoke County, to place certain restrictions upon such transfer, and to exclude this bill from the provisions of certain named Acts.
Healthcare, Public officers, Municipal charters, Charity, Public expenditures

Chapter 159

An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 188, 190, 190-a, 197 and 198 of the Tax Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to the taxation of merchants; merchants placing vending machines; optometrists; keepers of restaurants, and persons, firms and corporations having anywhere in this State slot machines; which sections are in Chapter 14 of the Tax Code of Virginia, entitled “Licenses”.
Taxation, Business, Amendments, Healthcare, Employment and labor

Chapter 160

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1050-a of the Code of Virginia relating to trustees for certain incompetent persons.
Armed forces, Healthcare, Judicial

Chapter 161

An ACT to prohibit fishing by means of trot line or to place any line, wire or fixed device in the waters of Clinch River, within the county of Scott, within certain distances of dams; and to provide pewalttes es violations.
Fishing, Recreation, Public spaces

Chapter 162

An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 3839-a, relating to the registration or transfer of securities held by fiduciaries.
Business, Bonds, Taxation, Hunting, Public expenditures

Chapter 164

An ACT to provide when squirrels may be hunted in certain fr tel
Hunting

Chapter 165

An ACT to permit the taking of herring with hand dip nets in Diascund Creek in New Kent County; to prohibit sale of herring so taken; and to provide penalties
Fishing

Chapter 166

An ACT to amend Chapter 94 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1934, approved March 7, 1934, and known as “The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act”
Alcohol, Amendments, Business

Chapter 167

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 4219-b of the Code of Virginia prescribing the rights of beneficiaries, assignees and creditors under policies of life insurance.
Amendments, Business, Debt

Chapter 168

An ACT to make it unlawful to trap, hunt or kill red foxes in Scott County for a period of two years, and to prescribe penalties for violations.
Hunting

Chapter 169

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 18 of the Emergency Fair Rent Act relating to expiration thereof.
Legislative Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 170

An ACT to amend the Tax Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section to be numbered 242-1, in relation to the general reassessment of real estate in cities.
Taxation

Chapter 171

An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, and 16 of Chapter 1 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, extra session, 1936-1937, approved December 18, 1936, as heretofore amended and known, designated and cited as the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act
Amendments, Employment and labor, Business, Public expenditures, Labor, Healthcare

Chapter 172

An ACT to prohibit the advocacy of any change in government by force or violence; and to prescribe penalties for violations.
Civil Rights, Legislative Amendments, Law Enforcement, Unclassified

Chapter 173

An ACT to validate acknowledgments to deeds of trust, taken by persons named as trustees therein and who were also officers authorized by law to take acknowledgments; and to repeal Chapter 174, Acts of Assembly, 1944, approved March 10, 1944, relating to the same matter, (H 149)
Property, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 174

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 5205-a, as amended, of the Code of Virginia relating to certain certificates of acknowledgment.
Armed forces

Chapter 175

An ACT to constitute the Board of Regents of Gunston Hall a corporation; and to prescribe the powers, duties and functions of the corporation so created.
Amendments, Charity, Education, Public spaces, Municipal charters

Chapter 176

An ACT to amend Chapter 94 of the Acts of 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-c, prescribing how the court may determine the validity of petitions filed for local option elections on the sale of certain alcoholic beverages in counties, cities and towns.
Alcohol, Legislative Amendments, Voting

Chapter 177

An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Bowling Green, and to repeal Chapter 144 of the Acts of Assembly of 1902-3-4, approved April 10, 1903, which provided a charter therefor, and all amendments thereto.
Municipal charters, Taxation, Utilities, Property, Judicial

Chapter 178

An ACT to authorize the Rector and Visitors of the College of William and Mary in Virginia to subdivide and sell and convey the lot or parcel of land situate in the city of Williamsburg, known as the rd S. Opheim property.
Property, Education, Public officers

Chapter 179

An ACT to validate a conveyance made by the College of William and Mary.
Property

Chapter 180

An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 9, and 45 as amended, of Chapter 288 of the Acts of Assembly of 1924, approved March 20, 1924, which provided a charter for the town of Salem, the sections relating to the town council.
Municipal charters, Public officers, Salaries

Chapter 181

An ACT to authorize the Board of Visitors of Virginia Polytechnic Institute to convey certain lands to the city of Winchester.
Public officers, Taxation, Property, Utilities

Chapter 184

An ACT to authorize the Secretary of the Commonwealth to transfer certain completed records relating to absentee ballots, required to be kept
Voting, Armed forces, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 185

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 83-a of the Code of Virginia
Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Voting

Chapter 186

An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 3, 4 and 5 of Chapter 232, Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved March 14, 1942, relating to the functions of the Division of Motor Vehicles and of the Department of State Police,
Law Enforcement, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 187

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 5376 of the Code of Virginia, relating to appraisement of the estates of decedents.
Inheritance and succession

Chapter 188

An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding new Sections 3775-c, 3775-d, 3775-f, 3775-i and 3775-j, relating to use of aircraft for hunting; reckless operation of aircraft; tampering with aeronautical facilities; operation of unlicensed aircraft; and operation of aircraft by unlicensed persons, respectively; and to provide penalties for violations.
Hunting, Recreation

Chapter 189

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 615 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to school divisions and division superintendents of schools.
Education, Salaries

Chapter 190

An ACT to authorize the shooting of suckers, red-horse and carp in certain waters during certain periods; to prescribe the bag limit for such fish; to provide penalties for violations; and to repeal certain acts and regulations.
Fishing

Chapter 191

An ACT to provide for the establishment of a State Public Buildings Commission, to prescribe the powers and duties of the Commission; and to establish a procedure for the orderly planning and construction of State buildings, in or adjacent to the city of Richmond.
Public expenditures, Business, Municipal charters

Chapter 192

An ACT to authorize the Rector and Visitors of the College of William and Mary in Virginia to convey the title and interest of the College of William and Mary in that property known as the Matthew Whaley School property, situate in the city of Williamsburg.
Education, Property

Chapter 193

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 3, as amended, of Chapter 144 of the Acts of Assembly of 1934, approved March 22, 1934, relating to drunk driving.
Amendments, Alcohol, Judicial, Transportation, Civil Rights

Chapter 194

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 39 of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to fishing.
Fishing

Chapter 195

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 75, as amended, of Chapter 400 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, which became a law March 21, 1918, known as “The Virginia Workmen’s Compensation Act”, the section relating to rates charged under the act and the tax thereon.
Amendments, Employment and labor, Taxation

Chapter 196

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 9 of Chapter 403 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia of 1922, approved March 24, 1922, as amended, the chapter creating the State Highway Commission and relatin to other matters, the section relating to contracts.
Amendments, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 197

An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 401-e 1 requiring certain purchases to be made from the Virginia Commission for the Blind.
Business, Employment and labor, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 198

An ACT to authorize the Virginia Commission for the Blind to provide for the acquisition and operation of certain business enterprises for benefit of the blind.
Business, Employment and labor, Charity, Civil Rights, Healthcare, Public expenditures, Public spaces

Chapter 199

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 5017 of the Code of Virginia as amended, relating to the record to be kept of conduct of convicts and the credit to be allowed convicts for good conduct.
Amendments, Prisons, Judicial, Labor, Civil Rights, Reformatories

Chapter 200

An ACT to repeal Section 5 of Chapter 384 of the Acts of the Assembly of 1944, as amended, being known and designated as the “Virginia Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act”
Repeal of legislation, Transportation

Chapter 201

An ACT to amend Chapter 384, Acts of the Assembly of 1944, as heretofore amended, said Chapter being known and designated as the “Virginia Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act’ by adding thereto a new section designated as Section 14-A.
Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 202

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 653-a 3 of the Code of Virginia relating to payment of certain funds to town school districts.
Education, Public expenditures, Budget, Municipal charters

Chapter 203

An ACT to amend and reenact Section 693 of the Code of Virginia, relating to admission of non-resident pupils.
Education, Noncitizens, Custody of children

Chapter 204

An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2698 of the Code of Vir- ginia, as amended, relating to the bonds of officers.
Bonds, Public officers

Chapter 205

An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 1639-a, regulating the practice of medicine, dentistry and optometry in connection with commercial and mercantile establishments, and prescribing penalties.
Healthcare, Amendments, Employment and labor
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