Chap. 635.—An ACT authorizing board of supervisors of Accomac county to
levy a tax on real and persona! property in Island district, for the erection of
a lock-up on Chincoteague island, Accomac county.

Approved March 8, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
board of supervisors of Accomac county be authorized to levy a tax,
not to exceed the sum of ten cents on every one hundered dollars of
the property—real, personal, and mixed—in Island district, in the
said county, assessed for taxation for state purposes, and out of the
proceeds so to be derived from such levy to erect on Chincoteague
island, in said county, a house in which to lock up persons under
lawful arrest until they can be removed to the county jail of said
county. The said house shall be built in such manner as the said
board of supervisors shall direct.

2. After said house has been built any sheriff, constable, or other
officer having under arrest, upon Chincoteague island, any prisoner,
may confine such prisoner or prisoners in the said house until such
prisoner or prisoners can be removed to the county jail of said
county.

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