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but the owner of any such warehouse shall have the right to discontinue the same as a public warehouse, after having published a notice of his intention to do so once a week for four successive weeks in some newspaper published in the county or city, wherein such warehouse is situated, or if no newspaper be published therein, after having posted such notice at the front door of the courthouse of such county or city for four successive weeks.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":219509,"text":"Tobacco warehouses, which were public warehouses on the day before this Code takes effect, shall continue to be such; and the several circuit and corporation courts may hereafter authorize the erection of tobacco warehouses, or may establish the same, as public warehouses within their respective counties and cities; which warehouses shall be constructed, or shall have been constructed, so as to keep safely, and guard against fire and weather, as far as practicable, all tobacco stored therein, and shall be kept in good repair and at all times, Sunday excepted, be open for receiving, storing, selling and delivering tobacco; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1968, chapter 69.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":268093,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59944,"identifier":"61.1-38","token":"61.1\/4\/61.1-38","url":"\/61.1-38\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/61.1-38\/","token":"61.1\/4\/61.1-38","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment and discontinuance of warehouses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 61.1-38","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Tobacco warehouses, which were public warehouses on the day before this Code takes effect, shall continue to be such; and the several circuit<\/span> and corporation courts<\/span> may hereafter authorize the erection of tobacco warehouses, or may establish the same, as public warehouses within their respective counties and cities; which warehouses shall be constructed, or shall have been constructed, so as to keep safely, and guard against fire and weather, as far as practicable, all tobacco stored therein, and shall be kept in good repair and at all times, Sunday excepted, be open for receiving, storing, selling and delivering tobacco; but the owner of any such warehouse shall have the right to discontinue the same as a public warehouse, after having published a notice of his intention to do so once a week for four successive weeks in some newspaper published in the county or city, wherein such warehouse is situated, or if no newspaper be published therein, after having posted such notice at the front door of the courthouse of such county or city for four successive weeks.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE OF WAREHOUSES (\u00a7 61.1-38)\n\nTobacco warehouses, which were public warehouses on the day before this Code\ntakes effect, shall continue to be such; and the several circuit and corporation\ncourts may hereafter authorize the erection of tobacco warehouses, or may\nestablish the same, as public warehouses within their respective counties and\ncities; which warehouses shall be constructed, or shall have been constructed,\nso as to keep safely, and guard against fire and weather, as far as practicable,\nall tobacco stored therein, and shall be kept in good repair and at all times,\nSunday excepted, be open for receiving, storing, selling and delivering tobacco;\nbut the owner of any such warehouse shall have the right to discontinue the same\nas a public warehouse, after having published a notice of his intention to do so\nonce a week for four successive weeks in some newspaper published in the county\nor city, wherein such warehouse is situated, or if no newspaper be published\ntherein, after having posted such notice at the front door of the courthouse of\nsuch county or city for four successive weeks.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 61-95; 1968, c. 69.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}