CHAPTER 732

An Act to amend and reenact § 17-30 of the Code of Virginia, to provide
for clarification of the requirement of signing of the order book of
courts of record.

[H 40]

Approved April 5, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
tn That § 17-30 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as

ollows:

_ _§ 17-30. Caption for record on opening of term, etc.—Upon the
sitting of such court upon the opening day of a new term thereof, the clerk
shall enter, as the caption to the day’s proceedings, in both the common-
law and chancery order books, the following:

“At a circuit (or corporation, or hustings, or court of law and chan-
cery, as the case may be) court of the county (or CAEY ) OL cece cecccccceenseenneenenesteeee
at the courthouse of such court in such county (or city), on (day of
the week) the (day of month) day of (month) in the year of our Lord,
one thousand, nine hundred and................ , and in the one hundred and...............
year of our Commonwealth.

“Present: The honorable ic ccc ecccccccssssccssecsssssesesescsneeccsssconesescecensecsssessssnnesesesenee judge.”

Each day’s proceedings shall be signed at the end of the record
thereof, without noting any adjournment of such court, except on the final
day of such term of such court. The record shall be signed by the judge
holding court that day. Signing of the individual orders that make up the
entire day’s proceedings, when such signature is shown in said order book,
shall be deemed to be compliance herewith, except at the end of the term
as hereinafter set forth.

At the head of each day’s proceedings there shall be entered as a
caption thereto:

“Circuit (or as the case may be) court of the county (or city) of
ee on (day of week) the (day of month) day of (month) in
the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and... eee

“Present: The Homorable. judge.”’

No corresponding entry shall be made in the other order book unless
some item proper thereto shall be entered therein, except, that on the last
day of the then term, either on the order of the court, or by limitation of
law, the final adj ournment of the court for that term shall be noted in
both order books and properly signed by the judge of such court.