Chap. 490.—An ACT to provide for the better preservation of order at race-
courses, fair-grounds, base-ball and foot-ball parks, and other places where
athletic sports are held.

Approved February 27, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That when
uniformed police of any city are in attendance at a race-course, fair-
grounds, base-ball or foot-ball park, and other places where athletic
sports are held, situated without the corporate limits of any city,
they shall, when requested so to do by the management of any such
race-course, fair-grounds, base-ball or foot-ball park, or any other
place where athletic sports are held, or by the county officials or
special police appointed to preserve order, assist in the preservation
of order and make arrests; and when any arrest is made as herein
provided the offender or offenders shall be taken before a justice of
the peace in the county where the offence was committed, to be by
him dealt with according to law.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.