Chap. 98.—An ACT to prevent the escape of persons in the custody of the
rison association of Virginia.

Approved January 29, 1894.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That if any
person committed to the custody of the Prison association of Virginia
shall escape or attempt to escape therefrom, such person, upon com-
plaint of the proper authorities of said association, shall be deemed
guility of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by confinement in
jail not exceeding six months, at the expiration of which term of
imprisonment such person may, with the consent of said association,
be recommitted to the custody thereof.

2. That if any person induce or assist a minor in the custody of
the Prison association of Virginia to escape therefrom, or knowingly
harbor such minor after such escape, such person shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and by confinement in
jail not exceeding six months.

3. That it shall be the duty of all officers throughout the com-
monwealth, having the power to arrest, including police officers in
cities, to apprehend In their respective counties and corporations
without process, and to deliver to the proper authorities of the Prison
association of Virginia any person who miny have escaped from its
custody.

4, That sections thirty-seven hundred and fifty-two, thirty-seven
hundred and fifty-three, thirty-seven hundred and fifty-four, thirty-
seven hundred and fifty-five, thirty-seven hundred and fifty-six and
thirty-seven hundred and fifty- seven of the code of Virginia be con-
strued to embrace and apply to persons in the custody of the Prison
association of Virginia, to the buildings of said association and to
the officers of its schools and other institutions, as freely and to the
same effect as said sections nowembrace and apply to the persons in
custody, and to the prisons, prisoners, jails, jailors and other officers
in said sections especially mentioned.

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