Chap. 786.—An ACT to empower the board of supervisors of Southampton, Isle
of Wight, Nansemond, Clarke, and Fauquier counties to make rules concern-
ing the working of criminals sentenced to work on the public roads or farms,
or other public works of said counties, and to provide suitable buildings for
the care and custody of said criminals.

Approved March 4, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
boards of supervisors of Southampton, Isle of Wight, Nansemond,
Clarke, and Fauquier counties, respectively, be, and the same are
hereby, separately and severally empowered to make such rules and
regulations as they deem necessary for the working and guarding of
persons sentenced to work on the county farms, public roads, or
other public works in their respective counties, and to provide such
buildings on the county farms in their respective counties as they
may deem necessary for the proper care and custody of said persons
while on said farms, and for working the said persons on said farms
to the best advantage under the control and custody of the superin-
tendent of the poor, and shall provide for the proper feeding and
clothing of said persons while working out the time for which they
were sentenced.

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