CHAP. 324.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4144 of the Code of
Virginia, in relation to giving credit to convicts for good conduct. |

(H. B. 307.)
Approved March 20, 1916.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section forty-one hundred and forty-four of the Code of Vir-
ginia, in relation to giving credit to convicts for good conduct,
be and the same is, hereby amended.

Sec. 4144. The superintendent shall keep a record of the
conduct of each convict, and for every month that a convict ap-
pears by such record to have faithfully observed the rules and
requirements of the prison and not to have been subjected to
punishment there shall, with the consent of the governor, be
deducted from the term of service of such convict ten days; pro-
vided, for any violation of prison rules punishable by stripes
or for escape or attempted escape from custody, the convict
found guilty of such violation or of such escape or attempted
escape shall forfeit all good conduct allowance earned by him
up to that time. Every time any convict is punished the name
of the offender, the offense, a full and detailed description of
the punishment, the time when the offense was committed, and
when punishment inflicted, shall be recorded in a register pro-
vided for the purpose. Said register shall oe monthly inspected
by the board of directors of the penitentiary and examined and
reported upon biennially by a joint committee of the general
assembly.