Chap. 90.—An ACT making it lawful for the county court and justices of
the peace cf the county of Fairfax, and the mayors of the towns of the
said county, to sentence certain criminals to work upon the roads or other
public works, or on the streets or other public works of the towns in said
county, and prescribing a penalty for persons thus sentenced who escape or
attempt to escape.

Approved February 12, 1901.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That where a
person is convicted of a misdemeanor by the county court of Fairfax
county, or any justice of the peace in and for the said county, and is
sentenced to confinement in jail, or is fined, and upon failure to pay such
fine and the costs connected therewith, and is committed to jail, such
sentence, either of confinement to jail or imposing fine where the prisoner
is committed to jail for failure to pay such fine and costs, shall be con-
strued as meaning and including a sentence to work upon the public
roads or other public works of the said county, subject to the management
and control to be prescribed by the board of supervisors of said county
during the period of such confinement, or such portion of such period as
the said board of supervisors may designate; or to work on the streets or
other publie works of any town in said county, subject to the management
and control of the municipal authorities of said town.

2. Where a person is convicted of a misdemeanor by the mavor of
any town in the said county, and is sentenced to confinement in jail, or is
fined, and upon failure to-pay such fine and the costs connected therewith.
is committed to jail, such sentence, either of confinement to jail or im-
posing fine, where the prisoner is committed to jail for failure to pay
such fine and costs, shall be construed as meaning and including a sen-
tence to work upon the public roads, or streets. or other public works of
the said towns, subject to the management and control to be prescribed
by the town council thereof.

3. The work to be performed under this act shall be during the period
of such sentence or commitment, or any part thereof, as shall be desig-
nated by the said board of supervisors or mayors.

4. Where a person has been sentenced to work under the preceding
section and shall escape, or attempt to escape, before the expiration of
such sentence from the custody of the person or persons in whose charge
he may be, he may be pursued, captured, and retaken by any person
without warrant, at any time within five years and carried back to the
custody of the authorities from whom he escaped, and in every such case
one month shall be added to his or her term of labor in addition to the
term for which he or she was originally sentenced as a penalty for es-
caping or attempting to escape.
5. This act shall be in force from its passage.