CHAP. 88.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2144 of the Code of
Virginia. [H B 82]
Approved March 24, 1923.

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

Section 2144. Chairman of State highway commission and
Secretary of the Commonwealth and their assistants vested with
powers of sheriff; duty of officers to enforce motor vehicle
laws.—The chairman of the State highway commission and the
secretary of the Commonwealth and their assistants are severally
vested with the powers of a sheriff for the purpose of enforcing
the provisions of this chapter and all other laws of this State
concerning motor vehicles, and it shall be the duty of said
officers and their assistants, and of every sheriff, constable,
commissioner of the revenue, and police officer of the State to
aid and assist in enforcing the same.