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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 132 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 1954 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1998, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0872\">872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1389877,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349949,"identifier":"17.1-118","token":"17.1\/1\/17.1-118","url":"\/17.1-118\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-118\/","token":"17.1\/1\/17.1-118","dublin_core":{"Title":"Display of flags in courtrooms","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-118","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>There shall be displayed inside each courtroom of a <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of record in the cities and counties of the Commonwealth the flag of the United States of America and the flag of the Commonwealth of Virginia. 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