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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 442 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 1980 \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 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0028\">28<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":364399,"section_number":"45.2-704","catch_line":" Employment and duties of top persons; plan for excavation of shaft or slope","order_by":null,"url":"\/45.2-704\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1449811,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364326,"identifier":"45.2-534","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/3\/45.2-534","url":"\/45.2-534\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-534\/","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/3\/45.2-534","dublin_core":{"Title":" Top person certification","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-534","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Each applicant for a top person certificate shall demonstrate to the Board of Coal Mining Examiners by written and oral examination that he has a thorough knowledge of the theory and practice of shaft and slope mine construction. 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