Chap. 981.—An ACT to modify the existing statutes defining and establishing the
criminal jurisdiction of the corporation court of the city of Winchester, of the
county court of the county of Frederick, and of the several Justices of the city
of Winchester and of the county of Frederick.

Approved March 4, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the juris-
diction of the corporate authorities, courts, Justices and officers of the
city of Winchester shall continue as now provided by existing laws to
extend one mile beyond the corporate limits of the said citv; except that
the justices of the peace of the county of Frederick and the county court
of Frederick county shall have concurrent Jurisdiction with the corpora-
tion court and the justices of the city of Winchester for the trial and
punishment of all offences committed in the county of Frederick and
within a mile of the corporate limits of said city. But any person re-
siding in the county of Frederick, outside of the limits of the city of
Winchester, who for any ertrainal offence committed outside the limits
may be indicted in the corporation court of said city, or for such offence
so committed, arrested and broueht before any justice of the said city,
shall upon being arranged in said court or upon.being brought before
said justice, forthwith and not thereafter, elect, if he so desire, to be tried
in the county court of the county of Frederick for any felony, or for any
misdemeanor before any justice of said county, or any person residing
in the city of Winchester, who for any criminal offence committed out-
side the limits of said city may be indicted in the county court of said
county, or for such offence so committed, arrested and brought before
any justice of the said county, shall upon being arraigned in said court
or upon being brought before said justice, forthwith and not thereafter,
elect, 1f he so desire, to be tried in the corporation court of the city of
Winchester for any felony, or for any misdemeanor before any justice of
said county to be proceeded with as provided by the existing laws.
Upon such election, the aforesaid corporation court of W inchester, or
the aforesaid justice of said city, shall thereupon certify all papers con-
nected with the case to the county court of Frederick county, or to some
justice of the peace of said county within the magisterial district of said
county wherein such offence was committed; and further proceedings
shall thereupon be had in the said county court or before the said Jus-
tice, as 1f this case had originated in said county court or before said
justice of the peace of said county.

2. The corporation court of the city of Winchester or any police Jus-
tice or justice of the peace of said city may bail any person who makes
his election as above provided for to appear before the county court of
Frederick county or a justice of the peace of said county, as the case may
be. But if the offence is not bailable by the Justice then such person
shall be committed to the county jail, there to await further proceedings.

If in the opinion of the corporation court, or the judge thereof in va-
cation, a party indicted in his court and electing to be tried in the county
court should not be bailed, then said person shall be committed to the
county jail to await the action of the county court.

3. Any person who shall have at the present time taken an appeal to
the corporation court of the city of Winchester from the judgment of a
police justice or Justice of the peace of said city shall have the right at
the first term after this act heeomes a law, and not afterwards, to elect
to remove said case to the county court of Frederick county where the
offence with which he has been charged has been committed without the
limits of the city of Winchester and within the county of Frederick.

4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed.

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