21-296 - Circulation of duplicate originals of petition.
§ 21-296. Circulation of duplicate originals of petition.
For the convenience of the petitioners, duplicate originals of the samepetition may be circulated and separately signed by the several petitionerswithout the others being present, which the court shall treat in all respectsas if the signatures had been placed upon the same copy at the same time.
(Code 1919, § 1738; 1924, p. 708; 1926, p. 606.)