Chap. 542.—An ACT making it lawful for the county court and any justice of the
peace of the county of Caroline, or any mayor of any town of said county, to
sentence criminals to work upon the public roads or other public works or on
the streets or other public works of the towns in said county, and prescribing a
penalty for persons thus sentenced who escape or attempt to escape.

Approved April 2, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That where a
person is convicted of a misdemeanor by the county court of Caroline
county, or any justice of the peace in and for the said county, and sen-
teneed to confinement in jail, or is fined, and upon his failure to pay such
ine and the costs connected therewith, and is committed to jail, such sen-
tence, either of confinement to jail or imposing fine, where the prisoner is
committed to jail for failure to pay such fine and costs, shall be con-
strued as meaning and including a sentence to work upon the public roads
or other public works of the said county, subject to the management and
control to be prescribed by the board of supervisors of said county during
the period of such confinement or such portion of such period as the said
board of supervisors may designate, or to work on the streets or other
public works of any town in said county, subject to the management and
control of the municipal authorities of said town where a person is con-
victed of a misdemeanor by the mayor of any town in the said county and
is sentenced to confinement in jail, or is fined, and upon failure to pay
such fine and costs connected therewith, is committed to jail, such sen-
tence, either of confinement to jail or imposing fine where the prisoner
is committed to jail, such sentence, either of confinement to jail for fail-
ure to pay such fine and costss shall be construed as meaning and includ-
ing a sentence to work upon the public roads or streets or other public
works of the said towns, subject to the management and control to be
prescribed by the town council thereof. The work to be performed under
this act shall be during the period of such sentence or confinement or
any part thereof as shall be designated by the said board of supervisors
or mayor.

2. Where a person has been sentenced to work under the preceding
section and shall escape or attempt .to escape before the expiration of such
sentence from the custody of the person in whose charge he may be, he
may be pursued, captured, and retaken by any person, without warrant,
at any time within five years, and carried back to the custody of the au-
thorities from whom he escaped, and in every such case one month shail
be added to his or her term of labor, in addition to the term for which he
was originally sentenced, as a penalty for escaping or attempting to es-
cape.

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