                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEPUTY CLERKS OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES; CERTIFICATION OF ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND OTHER RECORDS (§ 30-14.4)

The Clerk of the House of Delegates as Keeper of the Rolls of the Commonwealth
may, during the term of his office, appoint deputy clerks, with the approval of
the Speaker of the House of Delegates, for furnishing copies of acts and
resolutions of the General Assembly and records and papers of the House of
Delegates, during the absence of the said Clerk or after his death, resignation
or retirement, which copies, being certified by such deputy clerks, shall be
evidence for any purpose for which the original would be received, and with as
much effect. The Clerk of the House of Delegates making such appointments shall
certify the same to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Any such deputies so
appointed, before entering upon the duties of such office, shall take and
subscribe the oath of office and file the same with the Secretary of the
Commonwealth. Any such deputies may be removed from office by the Clerk of the
House of Delegates by written notice to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: 1952, c. 291; 1972, c. 5.