Report of the First[-thirty-first] Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Volume 40Virginia State Bar Association, 1928 - Bar associations |
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... amending and re - enacting section 3466 of the Code , relating to the salaries of judges of circuit courts , corporation courts and city courts , and providing that said judges should re- ceive a salary of $ 5,000.00 ; and Senate Bill ...
... amending and re - enacting section 3466 of the Code , relating to the salaries of judges of circuit courts , corporation courts and city courts , and providing that said judges should re- ceive a salary of $ 5,000.00 ; and Senate Bill ...
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... amending a former act.22 Under the act of 1908 it was necessary for a suit to be pending , and the amount was fixed at " less than three hundred dollars . " The Code broadened the act , made the pendency of a suit unnecessary , 17 Acts ...
... amending a former act.22 Under the act of 1908 it was necessary for a suit to be pending , and the amount was fixed at " less than three hundred dollars . " The Code broadened the act , made the pendency of a suit unnecessary , 17 Acts ...
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... amending Section 5349.29 The result , however , was still unsatisfactory ; and in 1928 , Section 5349 was again amended by omitting from the section the new matter inserted by the amendment of 1926 , thus restoring the section ...
... amending Section 5349.29 The result , however , was still unsatisfactory ; and in 1928 , Section 5349 was again amended by omitting from the section the new matter inserted by the amendment of 1926 , thus restoring the section ...
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... . 42 Acts 1928 , p . 754 . 43 Acts 1928 , p . 1164 . 44 Acts 1928 , p . 1119 , amending Sec . 3102 of the Code . 45 Acts 1928 , p . 661 . class.46 In 1930 such judges should be restored as the VIRGINIA STATUTES OF 1928 357.
... . 42 Acts 1928 , p . 754 . 43 Acts 1928 , p . 1164 . 44 Acts 1928 , p . 1119 , amending Sec . 3102 of the Code . 45 Acts 1928 , p . 661 . class.46 In 1930 such judges should be restored as the VIRGINIA STATUTES OF 1928 357.
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... amending Sec . 5995 of the Code . 51 Acts 1928 , p . 748 . 52 Acts 1928 , p . 714 , amending Sec . 6007 of the Code . 53 Acts 1928 , p . 567 , amending Sec . 4928 of the Code . 54 Acts 1928 , p . 334 . 55 Code , Sec . 6016 . the justice ...
... amending Sec . 5995 of the Code . 51 Acts 1928 , p . 748 . 52 Acts 1928 , p . 714 , amending Sec . 6007 of the Code . 53 Acts 1928 , p . 567 , amending Sec . 4928 of the Code . 54 Acts 1928 , p . 334 . 55 Code , Sec . 6016 . the justice ...
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