Chap. 271.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 928 of the Code of Virginia.
Approved March 13, 1908.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
nine hundred and twenty-eight of the Code of Virginia be amended
and re-enacted so as to read hereafter as follows:

§928. The jailer shall cause all the apartments of his jail to be
well whitewashed at least twice a year in every year and have the same
well aired, and always kept clean, he shall furnish every prisoner with
wholesome and sufficient food and with a bed and bedding, cleanly
and sufficient, and his apartments warmed, when it is proper. In
case of the sickness of any prisoner he shall provide for him adequate
nursing and attendance; and if there be occasion for it, and circum-
stances will admit, shall confine him in an apartment separate from
other prisoners. In no case shall a jailer permit the intemperate use
of ardent spirits in his jail.

The board of supervisors and councils of the several counties and
cities of the State shall provide for the necessary heating, beds and bed-
ding for the State, county and city prisoners in the jails of the Com-
monwealth.

2. A public emergency demanding the same on account of the neces-
sity existing in regard to this question on sanitation this act shall
take effect on and after its passage.