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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 157 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1952 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 560; in 1990, chapter 832.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":235295,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70668,"identifier":"51.1-141","token":"51.1\/1\/6\/51.1-141","url":"\/51.1-141\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-141\/","token":"51.1\/1\/6\/51.1-141","dublin_core":{"Title":"Service equivalents","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-141","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall determine how much <span class=\"dictionary\">service<\/span> in any month is the equivalent of a month of <span class=\"dictionary\">service<\/span> or how much <span class=\"dictionary\">service<\/span> in any year is the equivalent of a year of <span class=\"dictionary\">service<\/span>. 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