Chap. 40.—An ACT to amend Chapter 232 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942,
approved March 14, 1942, which created the Department of State Police and
ovided for the respective powers and duties of such Department and of the
ivision of Motor Vehicles, by adding a new section numbered 3-a, authorizing

such Department and police authorities of counties, cities and towns to take
fingerprints of certain persons charged with felonies, and authorizing the
Department to undertake certain functions in connection with Gngreprints
and fingerprint records. (H 73]

Approved February 25, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That chapter two hundred thirty-two of the Acts of As-
sembly of nineteen hundred forty-two, approved March fourteen,
nineteen hundred forty-two, be amended by adding a new section
numbered three-a as follows:

Section 3-a. The department of State Police and the several
oficers and employees thereof and all duly constituted police
authorities of counties, cities and towns are hereby authorized to
take the fingerprints of any person arrested and charged by them
with a felony. The department is authorized to receive fingerprints
and copies of fingerprint records from any federal, State or local
governmental authority and to classify and to preserve the same;
to such end the department shall establish an identification section
for keeping such records and performing the services herein set
forth. The department is authorized to provide, on the request of
duly appointed law enforcement officers, copies of any fingerprint
records it may have, and to furnish services and technical advice
in connection with the taking, classifying and preserving of finger-
prints and fingerprint records. ,