CHAPTER 217

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-151 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to records of jail prisoners, and good time allowance. rH 29]

Approved March 7, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
in That § 53-151 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as

ollows:

§ 53-151. What records jailers shall keep; how time deducted or
added.—The jailer shall keep a record describing each person committed
to jail, the terms of confinement, for what offense or cause he was com-
mitted, and when received into jail. The jailer shall also keep a record
of each convict, and for every twenty days that any convict appears by
such record to have observed faithfully the rules and requirements of the
jail while confined therein, and not to have been subjected to discipline for
violation of same, there shall * be deducted from the term of confinement
of such convict ten days. The time so deducted shall be allowed to each
convict for such time as he is confined in jail, and for each violation of
such rules prescribed as herein provided the time so deducted shall be
added until it equals the full sentence imposed upon such convict by the
court.