Chap. 551.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 83 of the acts
of 1889 and 1890, in relation to the control of prisoners in jail.

Approved February 28, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
first of chapter eighty-three of the acts of eighteen hundred and
eighty-nine and eighteen hundred and ninety, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows: It shall be unlawful for any person
other than the officers of the law in charge of the prisoners, the
council of the prisoner, or such other persons as may be authorized
by the court in whose custody said prisoner may be, to hold any
communication, by word, sign, or writing, with said prisoner or
prisoners confined in any jail in the commonwealth of Virginia, ex-
cept in the presence of the sheriff or his deputies, or of the jailer
regularly in charge of said prisoner or prisoners, and any person
violating or attempting to violate this act, or any sheriff, deputy, or
other person in charge of said prisoner or prisoners, knowingly
allowing any violation of the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof fined not less than five nor more than
fifty dollars.

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