Chap. 486.—An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 270 of an act approved Feb-
ruary 3, 1900, entitled an act to provide that a convict in the penitentiary of
Virginia whose term expires on Sunday shall be discharged by the superin-
tendent on the preceding day, so as to provide for their discharge on the day
before legal holidays.

Approved April 2, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section one
of chapter two hundred and seventy of the acts of eighteen hundred and
ninety-nine and nineteen hundred, approved February third, nincteen
hundred, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§1. That whenever the term of any convict in the penitentiary of
Virginia shall expire on Sunday or any legal holiday, the superintendent
of the penitentiary shall have authority to discharge this convict on the
day immediately preceding said Sunday or legal holiday.

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