Chap. 125.—An ACT to require sheriffs and sergeants of the counties and cities
of this state to report to the courts of their respective counties and cities
the number of prisoners confined in their respective jails.

Approved January 23, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall
be the duty of the respective sheriffs and sergeants of the counties
and cities of this state, on the first day of each term of the county
und corporation courts, to make a report to the judge thereof show-
ng the number of prisoners in jail on that day, which report shall
show the name, date of commitment, offence, and sentence of each
prisoner, and said report shall be entered on the order book of the
said court.

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