Chap. 165.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4930 of the Code of Vir-
ginia. [S B 133]:

Approved March 10, 1920.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
forty-nine hundred and thirty of the Code of Virginia be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 4930. When execution of sentence to be suspended—If a
person sentenced by a circuit or corporation court to death or con-
finement in the penitentiary ask for time to apply for a writ of error,
the said court shall postpone the execution of its sentence until a
reasonable time beyond the first day of the next term of the supreme
court of appeals, not exceeding thirty days after that day. In any
other criminal case, wherein judgment is given by any court, and
in any case of judgment for a contempt, to which a writ of error lies,
the court giving such judgment may postpone the execution thereot
for such time and on such terms as it deems proper. And in any case
after conviction and sentence, or the execution thereof is suspended
in accordance with this section, or for any other cause, the court, or
the judge thereof in vacation may, in the discretion of such court or
judge, let the prisoner to bail in such penalty and for appearance at
such time as the nature of the case may require. A writ of error
from the supreme court of appeals shall lie to any such judgment
refusing bail or requiring excessive bail.

An emergency is hereby declared to exist and this act shall be
in force from its passage.