CHAPTER 345

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-82 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
the establishing of, and constructing buildings for, farms for mis-
demeanants and felons. 8 80]

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Approved March 14, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

a That § 53-82 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 53-82. The Director shall proceed, with all reasonable dispatch, to
establish at * suitable places, as may be acquired by the Director, with the
approval of the Governor a State farm * or farms for the detention and
care of misdemeanants or felons as may be committed or transferred there-
to, as provided by law. The Director shall erect, or cause to be erected,
all necessary buildings and structures, plain and inexpensive in character,
and equip the same. The Director may, if he finds it practicable and eco-
nomical, use prison labor either from the jails, in the manner hereafter set
forth, or from the penitentiary or branch prisons thereof, or enter into
contract with responsible bidders, in the construction of such buildings.