Chap. 277.—An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia, by adding a new section
numbered 3137-a, to provide that the Commissioner of Insurance shall be, ex
officio, State fire marshal, and for appointment of deputies. [fH B 360]

Approved March 20, 1942

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That the
Code of Virginia be amended by adding a new section, numbered thirty-
one hundred and thirty-seven-a, as follows:

Section 3137-a. The Commissioner of Insurance to be, ex officio,
State fire marshal; appointment of deputies——The Commissioner of In-
surance shall be, ex officio, State fire marshal; and the State Corporation
Commission is authorized to appoint deputy State fire marshals, who
shall, in addition to the powers now conferred by law, exercise the same
powers and perform the same duties as city and town fire marshals, as
provided in sections thirty-one hundred and thirty-eight and thirty-one
hundred and thirty-nine of the Code of Virginia, and shall have the
same police powers as a sheriff in the investigation and prosecution ot
all cases of alleged arson and of other cases of fires alleged to involve
criminality.