Chap. 408.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 92 of chapter 407 of the Act
of the General Assembly of 1924, approved March 20, 1924, concerning in
toxicating liquors. [H B 113

Approved March 31, 1932

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sectio:
ninety-two of chapter four hundred and seven of the Acts of the Gen
eral Assembly of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, approved Marc!
twentieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, concerning intoxicatin
liquors, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 92. The attorney general of the Commonwealth, in addi
tion to the duties now imposed upon him by law, after the thirty-firs
day of August, nineteen hundred and twenty-two shall take care tha
the provisions of this act, and all other prohibition laws of this State
are faithfully executed, and he is hereby authorized and empowered t
appoint and employ, and to remove or to discharge at will, any assist
ants, attorneys, agents, inspectors, or other employees that he may
deem necessary or needful, to use in and about the discharge of his saic
duty in regard to the enforcement of this act, and all other acts relat
ing to the prohibition laws of the Commonwealth.

The attorney general and his assistants, attorneys, agents, inspec.
tors, or other employees, shall diligently inform themselves of all vio
lations of the prohibition laws of this State, and shall see that suct
violations are properly and vigorously prosecuted. For the purpose o:
this act the attorney general and his assistants, attorneys, agents, in-
spectors, or other employees, shall have the powers of sheriffs, and
special police, and whenever he deems it necessary for the proper en-
forcement of the prohibition laws of this Commonwealth or for the
best interest thereof, he shall associate himself or one or more of his
assistants, with the attorney for the Commonwealth in any county or
corporation in the prosecution of any complaint or case arising under
the prohibition laws of this Commonwealth. All the powers and duties
conferred and imposed by this or any other act of this State relating
to prohibition upon the commissioner of prohibition, are hereby con-
ferred and imposed upon the attorney general, and wherever the term
“commissioner of prohibition” is used in such laws the term “attorney
veneral’” is hereby substituted therefor.

Nothing in this act shall be construed as taking from the attorney
tor the Commonwealth, sheriffs or other officers charged with the en-
forcement of the prohibition laws, any of the powers conferred by this
or other prohibition laws upon them, nor shall it be construed as re-
ieving them from their duty and responsibility in connection with
he enforcement of such laws.

The attorney general shall make an annual report to the governor,
which, by the governor, shall be biennially reported to the general
issembly ; such report shall give in detail the expenditure of all pub-
ic moneys hereby appropriated, and the work of his department in
connection with the matter of the enforcement of the prohibition laws
yf the State, together with such recommendations for new or addi-
ional legislation in reference to his powers and duties as he may deem
xpedient. Such annual report shall also show: ,

(1) The amount of money realized each year from the sale of con-
iscated vehicles, in what county, or city the said vehicles were confis-
ated, and whether said vehicles were seized by officers of his depart-
nent or by local officers. a ,

(2) What proportion of the fines imposed upon persons violating
he provisions of the prohibition laws were imposed upon persons
arrested by officers of his department, and what proportion upon per-
sons arrested by local officers, and what proportion upon persons ar-
rested by joint action of officers of his department and local officers.

(3) What quantity of the ardent spirits seized were seized by offi-
cers of his department, and what quantity by local officers.

(4) The number of defendants prosecuted for violating the pro-
visions of this act by attorneys of his department, and the number
prosecuted without assistance of his department, giving in each case
the number convicted and the number acquitted.

(5) The quantity of ardent spirits destroyed, when and by whom,
and the quantity sold, when and to whom.

The said report shall not include the names of any person or per-
sons not convicted.