Chap. 239.-An ACT to amend and re-enact section 32 of chapter 6 of an act
to incorporate the city of Danville, approved February 17, 1890. [H B 159]

Approved March 15, 1922.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-two of chapter six of an act to incorporate the city of Dan-
ville, approved February seventh, eighteen hundred and maneey be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 32. The council shall have power to make such by-laws,
rules, and regulations for the government of said city as shall not be
contrary to the laws of the United States or of this State, and to
enforce all such by-laws, rules and regulations by reasonable fines
and penalties, not exceeding for any one offense the sum of five
hundred dollars, to be recovered before the mayor or any other officer
of this city having the jurisdiction to impose or to collect such fine
(such fines to be paid into the treasury of said city), and by im-
prisonment in the corporation jail for a period not exceeding six
months; and in case the person or persons so fined shall have no
visible effects, it shall be lawful to require such offenders to work out
such fines on the public streets or on other public works, under the
direction of the mayor or other person having jurisdiction; and the
council is hereby empowered to establish a chain gang as a punish-
ment for the incorrigible and vicious, which shall be made a part
of the police regulations and be controlled by the chief of police,
under the direction of the mayor or other officer with jurisdiction to
impose such fine, in pursuance of the ordinances of the city. And
for the temporary confinement of persons charged with offenses
against the ordinances of the city, and until a proper building .is
erected for such purpose, the council may select and adopt one of the
rooms or apartments of the city jail, to be designated and used as a
station house, or room, in charge of the chief of police, under the
direction of the mayor or other officer with the same jurisdiction;
provided that in cases where fines have been imposed, for the non-
payment of which the mayor, or other trial officer is authorized
to inflict imprisonment, the mayor or other officer, of the same juris-
dicton, may, in his discretion, take bond, with good security, from
the offender, payable to the Commonwealth, or to the city, as the
case may be, in a penalty at least double the amount of the fine
imposed, with conditions to pay said fine and costs at any named time
within three months from the date of said bond, and upon the
execution of such bond, the offender may be discharged from custody.
And should default be made in the payment of any bond, provided
for in this section, the amount thereof, together with interest thereon
and costs, may be recovered for the use of the State or the city of
Danville, as the case may require, by action or motion after five
days’ notice before the mayor or any justice of the city, or in proper
cases before the corporation court of Danville.

An emergency existing by reason of the pressing need of power
on the part of said council to make rules and regulations for the
government of said city and for the suppression of crimes, this act
shall take effect upon its passage.