Chap. 354.—An ACT providing for the shortening of the period of labor required
of persons sentenced to work on public roads, and fixing maximum period for
which they shall be required to so labor, for non-payment of ines and costs,

and requiring judges and magistrates to notify superintendent of the peni-
tentiary of sentence. ;

Approved March 14, 1908.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That all persons
entenced by any of the courts of this Commonwealth to work on public
‘oads in lieu of a jail sentence shall be allowed credit for good behavior
m. their sentences to the same extent and upon the same terms as are
1ow provided for convicts in the penitentiary, and any person sentenced
0 work on the public roads until cost or fine be paid shall be-allowed a
redit upon such fine or cost of fifty cents per day for such days as he
hall labor on the public road: provided, that he shall not be required to
vork in any case for a longer period than six months, solely on account
f his failure to pay such fine or costs. It shall be the duty of all judges
ind magistrates sentencing persons to work on the public roads to im-
nediately notify the superintendent of the penitentiary of such sentence
n each case

2. This shall be an emergency act, and shall be in force from its pas-
age.