Chap. 391.—An ACT to Secure Identification of Persons Convicted of Cri-
minal Offences.

Approved November 2, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the clerk of the court of each county and corporation shall
keep a register of full and accurate descriptive lists of every

erson convicted in his own or any other court of record of

ig county or corporation, of felony or other infamous offence,
and a duly certified and attested copy of any such descriptive
list may be used as prima facie evidence of the facts therein
stated in any question of identity. Such register shall be kept
written up, well indexed, and shall be open to public inspec-
tion at all reasonable hours. Such register shall be in the fol-
lowing form:

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And each descriptive list shall be attested by said clerk.

2. The clerk of every court of record of each county or cor-
poration, other than the county or corporation court, shall,
within ten days from the date of conviction of any person in
his court of any offence mentioned in the first section of this
act, deliver to the clerk of the county or corporation court, for
record in said register, an attested descriptive list of the per-
son so convicted, in the form hereinbefore prescribed.

3. The judges of the respective courts shall take care that
the provisions of this act are punctually and properly carried
out by their respective clerks.

4+. This act shall be in force from itr passage.