CHAPTER 411

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-188 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to the control, management and supervision of jail farms of counties

and cities.
[H 212]
Approved March 30, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. ; That § 53-188 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
follows:

§ 58-188. (a) When the control, management and supervision of the
jail farm of any county or city is vested in the sheriff or sergeant of such
county or city, such jail farm shall, for the purpose of this article, and of
§§ 53-165, 53-166, 53-170, 53-171 and 53-173 to 58-176, be treated as a jail
and included within the meaning of the term “jail” as used in this article
and in such sections.
(b) When the control, management and supervision of the jail farm
of any county or city is not vested in the sheriff or sergeant of such county
or city, the Director may enter into a contract with such county or city,
or with the appropriate authorities thereof, for the care and custody at
such jail farm of persons accused or convicted of any offense against the
laws of the Commonwealth and witnesses held in cases to which the
Commonwealth is a party. Each such contract shall specify the respon-
sibility of the authorities of the county or city for the care and custody of
such persons and shall prescribe the compensation therefor to be paid such
county or city. Such compensation shall be based on the cost of providing
for the care and custody of such prisoners at such jail farm, including
therein only the reasonable cost of guarding, and providing necessary
housing, maintenance, administrative expenses, food, clothing, medicine
and medical attention for such prisoners, * and shall be paid by the State
Treasurer, out of the funds appropriated in the general appropriation act
for criminal charges, upon warrants of the Comptroller issued upon
vouchers signed by the Director, or by such other person or persons as may
be designated by the Director for such purpose. _

(c) When the control, management and supervision of the jail farm
of any county or city is not vested in the sheriff or sergeant of such county
or city, such county or city may collect from the United States, for pris-
oners of the United States at such jail farm, such amounts as may be
agreed upon by the Director and the appropriate authorities of the Gov-
ernment of the United States, which amounts shall not be less than the
actual cost of feeding, clothing and caring for such prisoners. Such county
or city may also collect from the other counties, cities, or towns of the
Commonwealth, and from any state, other than this State, and from any
country other than the United States, for which any prisoner is held at the
jail farm of such county or city, the reasonable cost of guarding, and pro-
viding necessary food, clothing, medicine and medical attention for pris-
oners held for such other county, city, state or country, the amount thereof
to be agreed upon by the governmental units involved, or, in the absence of
such agreement to be fixed by the Director.