Chap. 13.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 85 of the Code of Virginia,
1887, making registrars conservators of the peace.

Approved July 28, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section eighty-
five of the Code of Virginia, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, con-
stituting registrars, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 85. Every board of registration provided for by the Constitution of
the years nineteen hundred and two and nineteen hundred and three, or
a majority thereof, shall preserve order at and in the vicinity of the place
of registration ; and to enable it so to do, it shall be clothed with all the
powers of a conservator of the peace while engaged in the discharge of
iis duties, and may apnoint special constable or constables, not exceeding
three in number in each magisterial district or ward, and summon the by-
standers or other persons in the vicinity to assist it whenever, in its judg-
ment, it shall be necessary to preserve order.

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