CHAP. 292.—An ACT to extend and declare the criminal and police
jurisdiction of the corporation cqurt and authorities of the city of
Fredericksburg. :
Approved March 1, 1886.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the corporation court of the city of Fredericksburg, shall have
concurrent jurisdiction with the county courts of the counties
of Spotsylvania and Stafford, of all offences against the com-
monwealth, committed within one mile of the corporate limits
of said city, as now declared or hereafter established in said re-
spective counties. |
2. The state and municipal authorities and officers of and for
said city, shall have jurisdiction and authority to arrest and
punish those violating the laws of the state or ordinances of the
corporation, within the limits aforesaid, in like manner as if
such violationsgoccurred within the corporate limits of said city.
3. This act shall be in force from its passage.