Chap. 523.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3810 of the code of Vir-
ginia, entitled appointment of police for religious meetings.

Approved February 28, 1896.

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

§ 3810. Appointment of police for religious meetings.—The super-
visor or any justice of the magisterial district where a religious
meeting is held may appoint a temporary police to aid in enforcing
any of the provisions of section thirty-eight hundred and five, and
the sections following to thirty-eight hundred and eight, inclusive.
The supervisor or any justice of the magisterial district where a religious
meeting 18 held shall, upon the written application of the conductor of such
meeting, appoint as many temporary police as may be necessary to enforce
order at such meeting—the authorities of such meeting paying all
expenses incurred by reason of the appointment of such officers.

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