Chap. 348.—An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 880, acts of assembly, ses-
sion 1897-’98, entitled “an act to provide for the appointment of special prose-
cuting attorneys in proper cases,” approved March 3, 1898.

Approved December 8, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That chapter
eight hundred and eighty, acts of assembly, session eighteen hundred and
ninety-seven-cight, entitled “an act to provide for the appointment of
special prosecuting attorneys in proper cases,” approved March third,
eighteen hundred and ninety-cight, be amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

In any case of felony or misdemeanor pending in any circuit or cor-
poration court of*this State in which the Commonwealth’s attorney is so
situated that it is improper for him to act, the court, of its own motion,
or the judge thereof in vacation, shall have authority to appoint a special
prosecuting officer for that case, who shall have all the powers and privi-
leges of the regular Commonwealth’s attorney and receive the same com-
pensation.

2. This act shall be in force on and after February first, nineteen
hundred and four.