CHAPTER 167

An Act to amend and reenact § 42-68 of the Code of Virginia so as to
permit the State Librarian to authorize a deputy to certify copies of

records.
(H 264]
Approved February 28, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
te, That § 42-68 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as

ollows:

§ 42-63. The State Librarian shall cause to be made from any and
all of such records as may be necessary for public use and convenience,
by photo-duplication process, a copy or copies thereof. A copy shall be
retained in the Archives Division of the State Library, and a copy may
be bound and returned to the county, city or other source from which
obtained on request from the lawful custodian of such records. The
original records shall be returned within a reasonable time to the source
from which obtained, unless the State Librarian is authorized by the
court to retain possession of the same. The State Librarian may cause
the original records to be restored and repaired, in whole or in part,
as he deems necessary.

The State Librarian or a deputy duly authorized by him, is author-
ized and directed at the end of such copy or copies which may be returned
to the county, city or other source from which the original records were
obtained, to certify, over his hand and the official seal of the Library
Board, that the copy or copies are true and correct reproductions of
the original records, and such duplicated copy or copies, or extracts or
copies therefrom, duly certified by the lawful custodian thereof, are
hereby made primary evidence to the same effect as the original records,
in any courts, or otherwise, in the Commonwealth.