Chap. 462.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 929 of the code of Virginia
in relation to jail inspection.

Approved February 23, 1898.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
nine hundred and twenty-nine of the code of Virginia, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 929. The board of supervisors and jail physician, if any, of each
county in this state, once every three months, shall inspect the jail of
said county.

In every city having a corporation court with a jail separate from the
county jail the judge of the corporation court shall once every three
months appoint a committee of three discreet freeholders, one of whom
shall be a physician, whose duty it shall be to inspect said jail. The
judge of the county court shall administer an oath to the board of su-
pervisors, and the judge of the corporation court shall administer an
oath to the committee appointed by him, which oath shall be as fol-
lows:

‘You shall report to the court as to jail in this county (or city), the
size thereof, the number of apartments, and its state or condition,
whether it is in all respects such as required by section nine hundred
and twenty-six, and if not, in what it is deficient. You shall also dili-
gently examine and truly report whether or not the jailer has during
the last three months faithfully performed the duties required of him in
section nine hundred and twenty-eight, and, if he has not, in what re-
spect has he failed to perform the same.’? The said inspectors shall
make quarterly inspections and reports as above provided, and shall be
furnished with a copy of said oath and of said sections. If they make
a report which fails in any respects to conform to said oath it shall be
recommitted to them until they fully report upon all of said matters.

If it is deemed necessary by said board of supervisors in counties
where there is no jail physician they shall appoint a physician to ac-
company them, who shall give his opinion as to the sanitary condition
of the jail, which opinion shall be embodied in the report. The su-
pervisors shall not hold a special meeting for the purpose of making the
inspection herein provided for but at meetings held for other purposes.
Said supervisors and jail physician shall receive no additional pay for
the services hereby imposed.

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