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It has been modified 3 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 1976, chapter 266; in 2014, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0030\">30<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0547\">547<\/a>; in 2015, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0221\">221<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1449257,"object_type":"law","relational_id":363775,"identifier":"44-137","token":"44\/2\/44-137","url":"\/44-137\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-137\/","token":"44\/2\/44-137","dublin_core":{"Title":"City and county aid","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-137","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every city and county in the Commonwealth having an active National Guard or Virginia Defense Force organization or organizations is authorized to render such financial assistance as it may deem wise and patriotic to such organization or organizations, either by donating land or buildings, or donating the use of land or buildings, or by contributing to their equipment and maintenance.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCITY AND COUNTY AID (\u00a7 44-137)\n\nEvery city and county in the Commonwealth having an active National Guard or\nVirginia Defense Force organization or organizations is authorized to render\nsuch financial assistance as it may deem wise and patriotic to such organization\nor organizations, either by donating land or buildings, or donating the use of\nland or buildings, or by contributing to their equipment and maintenance.\n\nHISTORY: 1932, p. 761; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 2673(119); R. 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