CHAPTER 101

4n Act to amend and reenact § 57-8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to

glebe lands and funds, so as to authorize the county of Essex to
expend portions thereof.

[H 119]

Approved February 23, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
en That § 57-3 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 57-8. The glebe lands and church property, or the proceeds thereof
held by the authorities of any county under the act of the twelfth of
January, eighteen hundred and two, or under any other act, which may
not have been applied to some particular object under a local statute
passed for the purpose, shall be appropriated to such object or objects,
other than for a religious purpose, as may be voted for in such county (at
such time and place as the circuit court may prescribe) by a majority of
the persons entitled to vote in the county for a delegate therefrom to the
General Assembly, and, if no such object be so voted for, shall remain
vested in such authorities and be appropriated by them for the benefit of
the poor of such county; provided that the county of Essex may use the
“Glebe Fund”, together with other funds, for improvements to the court-
house and related facilities.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.