Chap. 428.—An ACT to require commitment to the State board of charities
and corrections of certain misdemeanants on indeterminate sentences; and
to provide what disposition said board may make of such persons.

[S B 290}
Approved March 24, 1922.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That any
»male convicted, by any court or justice in this State, of prostitution,
r being a keeper or inmate or frequenter of a house of ill fame,
rostitution or assignation, or for soliciting for immoral purposes, or
ssociating with or consorting with persons of ill repute or contri-
utory delinquency or dependancy, may be committed to the State
oard of charities and corrections for an Indeterminate pein eg
ess than three months nor more than three years, and said board
nay re-comit such females to a State institution or to such other
nstitutions in this State as may be approved by it as being suitable
‘or the proper care of such females, and as being equipped to give
nedical treatment to such of them as may be diseased, and industrial
raining to such of them as may be in need thereof. All such institu-
ions, except State institutions, shall receive from the State the
‘ame fees as are allowed by law to jailers, and the records of the
,uditor of public accounts shall show the city or county in which
zach of such inmates was convicted. After the expiration of the
ninimum sentence of any such female, the State board of charities
sand corrections may at any time order the release of such female
when satisfied that such release is conducive to the welfare of such
female and will not be detrimental to the Commonwealth. If, how-
aver, the State board of charities and corrections finds it not possible
or expedient to place such females in the institutions named above,
the said board is hereby authorized to commit them to jail, or, in
their discretion, to place said females on probation. |

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