CHAP. 577.—An ACT to extend the Puriediction of the police au-
thorities of the city of Richmond

Approved March 2, 1892,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That the jurisdiction and authority of the chief of police
of the city of Richmond and other officers and members of
paid city police, and of the justices and other judicial offi-
cers of said city connected with the administration of its
police, be, and the same is hereby, extended to and over the
grounds and the property of the Virginia state agricultural
and mechanical society, situated on the extension of Broad
street of said city, and to and over the highways and
grounds in Henrico county adjacent thereto, not to exceed
five hundred yards in any direction; and on the request
or with the assent of said Virginia state agricultural and
mechanical society, its officers or agents, the said police
and other authorities of said city shall have and exercise
the full and like powers in all respects in and over said
extended district as they do now or may hereafter have
and exercise within the corporate limits of said city.

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