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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 500 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 1960 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 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 1962, chapter 626; in 1964, chapter 654; in 1968, chapter 659; in 1970, chapter 240; in 1972, chapter 412; in 1980, chapter 256; in 1983, chapter 126; in 1986, chapter 125; in 1987, chapter 488.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1420499,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357105,"identifier":"29.1-706","token":"29.1\/7\/1\/29.1-706","url":"\/29.1-706\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-706\/","token":"29.1\/7\/1\/29.1-706","dublin_core":{"Title":"Agents awarding numbers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-706","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> may award any certificate of number directly or may authorize any person to act as an agent to make award. 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Persons accepting such authorization\nmay be assigned a block of numbers and certificates which upon award, in\nconformity with this chapter and with any rules and regulations of the Board,\nshall be valid as if awarded directly by the Director.\n\nHISTORY: 1960, c. 500, \u00a7 62-174.5; 1962, c. 626; 1964, c. 654; 1968, c. 659, \u00a7\n62.1-170; 1970, c. 240; 1972, c. 412; 1980, c. 256; 1983, c. 126; 1986, c. 125;\n1987, c. 488.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}