CHAPTER 405

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
63-5.2 to authorize the establishment and operation of stores in certain
institutions.

[S 247]

Approved April 1, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
63-5.2 as follows:

§ 63-5.2.—The Director of the Department of Welfare and Institu-
tions is hereby authorized to provide for the establishment and operation
of stores or commissaries in the institutions under his supervision to deal
in such articles as he shall deem proper. The net profits from the opera-
tion of such stores shall be used for educational, recreational or other
beneficial purposes as may be prescribed by the Director.

Any such stores or commissaries heretofore established are hereby
continued and shall be operated in accordance with the preceding para-

graph.