Chap. 22.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4813 of the Code of re ia
Approved February 10, 1920.

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

Sec. 4813. Warrant for arrest of accused, by whom issued and
how returnable—If a person charged with the offense by the in-
quest be not in custody, the coroner may, for his apprehension, issue
a warrant for his arrest in the same manner as a justice. It shall
be returnable before a justice and proceeded on as directed by chapter
one hundred and ninety-two. If he be in custody, the coroner shall
direct the officer having him in charge to take him before a justice of
the peace to be proceeded against as provided by chapter one hundred
and ninety-two of this Code. But if the coroner be himself a justice,
he may proceed under said chapter without giving such a direction.

2. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from its

passage.