Chap. 626.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3912 of the
code of Virginia, so as to make county surveyors conservators
of the peace within their counties.

Approved March 3, 1892.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section thirty-nine hundred and twelve of the code
of Virginia of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 3912. Who conservators of the peace may bind to good
behavior.—Every judge throughout the state, and every
justice, commissioner in chancery, notary and county
surveyor while in the performance of the duties of his
office within his county or corporation, shall be a conser-
vator of the peace, and may require from persons not of
good fame security for their good behavior for a term not
exceeding one year.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.