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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 1966, chapter 102; in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0839\">839<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1370141,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345267,"identifier":"1-306","token":"1\/3.1\/1-306","url":"\/1-306\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/1-306\/","token":"1\/3.1\/1-306","dublin_core":{"Title":"Boundary with Tennessee","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 1-306","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The boundary line between the Commonwealth and Tennessee shall be and remain the same as established by the Supreme <span class=\"dictionary\">Court<\/span> of the United States in the case of Tennessee v. 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