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It has been modified 5 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 1972, chapter 824; in 1976, chapter 559; in 1979, chapter 14; in 1980, chapter 580; in 2007, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0269\">269<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0590\">590<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1459953,"object_type":"law","relational_id":366433,"identifier":"47.1-3","token":"47.1\/2\/47.1-3","url":"\/47.1-3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/47.1-3\/","token":"47.1\/2\/47.1-3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Power of appointment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 47.1-3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The Governor may appoint in and for the Commonwealth as many notaries as to him shall seem proper. 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