Chap. 316.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3034 of the code of Vir-
ginia, with reference to the judgment of acourt or judge trying a writ of
habeas corpus.

Approved February 18, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty hundred and thirty-four of the code of Virginia be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 3034. The court or judge before whom the petitioner is brought,
after hearing the matter, both upon the return and any other evi-
dence, shall either discharge or remand him, as may be proper, and
adjudge the costs of the proceeding, including the charge for trans-
porting the prisoner, to be paid as shall seem to be right.

2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed.

3. This act shall be in force from April first, eighteen hundred and
ninety-six.