Chap. 410.—An ACT to amend and reenact sections 927, 929 as heretofore
amended, 930 and 934 of the Code of Virginia.

Approved December 10, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
nine hundred and twenty-seven, nine hundred and twenty-nine as here-
tofore amended, nine hundred and thirty, and nine hundred and thirty-
four of the Code of Virginia, be, and the same are hereby, amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 927. When jail of county to be jail for town—Every towr,
having no jail of its own, shall have the use of the jail of the
county in which such town is located, to aid the constituted au-
thorities of any such town in maintaining peace and good order, and gen-
erally for the enforcement of its ordinances and by-laws, unless for good
cause the judge of the circuit court of such county shall prohibit such
use.

§ 929. Inspection of jails—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 circuit court shall administer an
oath to the board of supervisors, and the judge of the corporation court
shall administer an oath to the committee appointed by him, which oath
shall be as follows: “You shall report to the court as to the jail in ,this
county (or city) the size thereof, the number of apartments, and its
state of 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 diligently examine and truly report whether or not the jailer
has, during the last three months, faithfully performed the duties re-
quired of him in section nine hundred, and twenty-eight, and if he has
not, in what respect has he failed to perform the same.” The said in-
spectors shall make quarterly inspections and report 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 respect to conform to said
oath, it shall be recommitted to them until they fully report upon all of
said matters. The said committee of jail inspectors shall receive no
compensation for their services: provided, however, that the judge of
the corporation court of the city of Richmond may allow to said com-
mittee or inspectors appointed for the jail of the eity of Riehmend a rea-
sonable compensation, not to exceed ten dollars, to each inspector for the
services rendered at each inspection, the said sum so allowed to be paid
out of the treasury of the said city. If it is deemed necessary by said
board of supervisors in counties where there is no jail physician, they
shall appoint a physician to accompany them, who shall give his opinion
as to the sanitary condition of the jail, which opinion shall be embodied
in the report. The supervisors shall not hold a special mecting for the
purpose of making the inspection herein provided for. Said super-
visors and jail physician shall receive no additional pay for the services
hereby required.

§ 930. Courts to fine jailers for failure of duty.—If it appear to the
court, by such report or other evidence, that the jailer has in any respect
failed to perform his duties, the court may, in a summary way, after
summoning him to show cause against it, fine him not exceeding thirty
dollars.

§ 954. Who to be keepers of jails; jails of circuit courts and court of
appeals.—The sheriff of each county and the sergeant of each city shall
be keeper of the jail thereof; except that the jail in the city of Williams-
burg may be used as the jail, and the sergeant of the said city be the
jailer, of the county of James City as well as of the said city of Wil-
liamsburg; and the jail and jailer of the county of Frederick shall also
be the jail and jailer of the city of Winchester: and the jail and jailer
of the county of Augusta shall be the jail and jailer of the city of Staun-
ton. The jail of the city of Fredericksburg may be used as a jail for the
circuit court of the county of Spotsylvania. The jail of each county and
city shall be the jail of every court established therein by law. The jail
of any county or city, in which the court of appeals may sit, may be used
as a jail for the said court.

2. This act shall be in force from and after February first, ninetcen
hundred and four.