Chap. 154.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4771 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to offenses committed on or near county boundary lines, so as
to confer certain powers upon sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and police officers.

[S B 207]
Approved March 12, 1936

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
forty-seven hundred and seventy-one of the Code of Virginia be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 4771. Offenses Committed on Boundary of Two Coun-
ties, or, Et Cetera, Where Prosecuted.—An offense committed on the
boundary of two counties, or within three hundred yards thereof, may
be alleged to have been committed, and may be prosecuted and pun-
ished, in either county, and any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other police
officer shall have jurisdiction to make arrests and preserve the peace
for a like distance on either side of said boundary line between said
counties.