CHAPTER 38

An Act to amend and reenact § 2-20.1, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, which permits certain banks to close on Saturday under
certain circumstances.

(H 179]

Approved February 18, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1, That § 2-20.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 2-20.1. It shall be lawful for any bank as defined in § 6-6, in-
cluding national banking associations and federal reserve banks, located
in a county having a population ef more than twenty-three thousand
three hundred thirty and less than twenty-three thousand three hundred
ninety, or in any city having a population of less than five thousand seven
hundred, or located in a city of this State having a population in excess
of two hundred thousand according to the latest preceding United States
census, or located in a city any portion of which city is within five miles of
a city of said size, whether within or without this State, or located in a
city of the State having a population of more than forty-five thousand
and not more than fifty thousand according to the latest preceding United
States census, or in any city having a population of more than twelve
thousand two hundred but not more than twelve thousand three hundred
fifty, or in any city of the State having a population of more than thirty
thousand and not more than forty thousand, or in any city within five
miles of a city of said size, or in any county having a population of more
than fourteen thousand nine hundred and less than fifteen thousand one
hundred, or in any county adjoining three cities, two of which have a
population of more than eighty thousand, or in any county adjoining
three or more cities, one of which has a population in excess of two
hundred thousand lying wholly within the State, or in any county having
a population of more than thirty-three thousand five hundred but less
than thirty-four thousand, or in any city having a population of more
than nine thousand four hundred but less than ten thousand four hundred,
or in any county having a population of more than eleven thousand five
hundred, but less than twelve thousand, or in any county having a popula-
tion of more than seventy thousand but less than ninety-nine thousand,
or in a county having a population in excess of seventeen thousand but
not in excess of seventeen thousand five hundred, or in any city having a
population of more than eighty-five thousand but not more than two hun-
dred thousand or any bank in a city of said size having one or more branch
banks located in a town, any portion of which town is within five miles of
any such city, or in any city having a population of more than twenty-five
thousand but less than thirty thousand, to permit any one or more or all its
offices located in such a city, town or county to remain closed on any one or
more or all Saturdays, as the bank, by resolution of its board of directors,
may from time to time determine. Any Saturday on which an office of a
bank shall remain closed, as herein permitted, shall, as to such office,
constitute a legal holiday, and any act authorized, required or permitted to
be performed at, by or with respect to any such office on a Saturday on
which the office is so closed, may be performed on the next succeeding busi-
ieee day and no liability or loss of rights of any kind shall result from such
elay.
2. Anemergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.