Chap. 459.—An ACT to provide that the governor of the commonwealth shall
have the right and authority, in certain cases, to pardon minors convicted and
committed to the custody and control of the Prison association of Virginia, and
to release said minors from such custody and control.
Approved February 23, 1898.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the gover-
nor of the commonwealth shall have the right and authority to pardon
minors convicted and committed to the custody and control of the Prison
association of Virginia, and to release them from such custody and
control : provided, it shall be made to appear that the case is a proper
one for the exercise of executive clemency, and that the said Prison
association of Virginia, upon proper application made to it, has refused
to discharge said minor, or has failed to act upon the application for
such discharge within thirty days after such application has been made.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.