Chap. 321.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2773-n 14 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to the department of law enforcement in counties having the
county executive form of government. [S B 234]

Approved March 30, 1942

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-seven hundred and seventy-three-n fourteen of the Code of Vir-
ginia be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

Section 2773-n 14. The department of law enforcement shall con-

sist of an attorney for the Commonwealth, a sheriff, and their assistants,
deputies and employees, and such police as may be appointed pursuant
to this section and section twenty-seven hundred and seventy-three-n
seven. : ,
' The attorney for the Commonwealth shall exercise all the powers
conferred and perform all the duties imposed upon such officer by gen-
eral law, and shall be accountable to the board of county supervisors in all
matters affecting the county and shall perform such duties, not incon-
sistent with his office, as the board of county supervisors shall direct. He
shall be selected as provided in section twenty-seven hundred and seven-
ty-three-n twenty. |

The sheriff shall exercise all the powers conferred and perform all
the duties imposed upon sheriffs and constables by general law. He shall
have the custody of, and be charged with the duty of feeding and caring
for, all prisoners confined in the county jail. He shall perform such other
duties as may be imposed upon him by the board of county supervisors. —

The county executive shall have supervision and control of the po-
lice force of the county. Such police may be appointed pursuant to section
twenty-seven hundred and seventy-three-n seven, and shall have such
powers as are provided by general law with respect to special policemen.