CHAPTER 572

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 53-122 of the Code of Virginia, providing
for the use of employees of the Department of Highways as guards of
convicts in certain instances.

(S 170]

Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

Le That § 53-122 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 53-122. Director to provide food, clothing, etc.; guards.—The
Director shall provide, in the same manner he provides for convicts in the
penitentiary, all clothing, food, quarters and guards for the State convict
road force when at work on the roads of any county in this State. The
Director, with the consent of the State Highway Commissioner first ob-
tained, may appoint and authorize employees of the Department of High-
ways to act as guards of convicts when such convicts are at work on the
roads under the jurisdiction of the State Highway Commission. Such em-
ployees shall be deemed to be acting within the scope of their official duties
for the State Highway Commission when acting as guards pursuant to this
section.