17.1-263 - World War I Memorial Record.

§ 17.1-263. World War I Memorial Record.

Each circuit court clerk shall maintain a loose-leaf binder suitable forpermanent record purposes of such standard form as was prescribed by theVirginia World War I History Commission, and sufficient loose leaves printedin such blank form as was prescribed by such commission, known as the "WorldWar I Memorial Record," which shall be a public record book of the clerk'soffice. The clerk shall record therein the honorable discharges.

If the clerk has recorded the honorable discharges in any other book prior toreceipt of the special books, such prior recordations are hereby validatedand approved. Recordations and certified copies thereof heretofore orhereafter furnished shall have the same force and effect as those provided by§ 17.1-262 and whenever the World War I History Commission shall haveapproved the form of the record book so previously in use, it shall beoptional with the clerk to continue the use of such record book.

(1924, p. 471, § 17-87; Michie Code 1942, § 5214c; 1998, c. 872.)