CHAPTER 18

An Act to appropriate certain funds for construction or improvement of
facilities at the Western State Hospital. (H 40
]

Approved September 19, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. Notwithstanding any limitation contained in Chapter 250 of the
Acts of Assembly of 1956, any funds paid to the State Hospital Board in
compliance with the determination of the board of arbitrators created
by such chapter may be used by the State Hospital Board for construction
or improvement of facilities at the Western State Hospital, and are hereby
appropriated for such purposes.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.

CHAPTER 18

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-568 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to the appointment of special policemen in counties. 5 2p
{S 20]

Approved September 19, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
by That § 15-563 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:
§ 15-563. Before any person shall be appointed as policeman under
the preceding section, he shall be a qualified voter and an actual resident
of the county for which he is appointed and shall make written application
for such appointment to the circuit court or the judge thereof in vacation.
Such application shall state applicant’s full name, age, place of residence,
occupation and by whom regularly employed. A part-time deputy of the
sheriff may be appointed as such policeman. Except that in any county
adjoining two cities of the first class, in which county are located a military
fort and a federal reformatory, any person appointed as a policeman under
§ 15-562 shall reside in the county during his tenure of office, but need not
be a qualified voter or actual resident of the county at the time of his
appointment.

2. Anemergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.