CHAPTER 159

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 26-18 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to the enforcement of the filing of inventories by fiduciaries. CH 359]

Approved February 27, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
_ me § 26-18 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 26-18. If any such fiduciary fail to make the return required by *
§ 26-12, the commissioner shall issue, through the sheriff or other proper
officer, a summons to such fiduciary, requiring him to make such return;
and if such return be not made within thirty days after the date of service
of the summons, the commissioner shall report the fact to his court. The
court shall immediately thereupon order a summons to the fiduciary,
requiring him to appear; and upon his appearing unless excused for suffi-
cient reason, he shall be fined by the court in a sum not * to exceed five
hundred dollars. * If * the fiduciary still fail to make * the return within
such time as the court may prescribe, he shall be deemed guilty of con-
tempt of court, and be dealt with accordingly.