CHAPTER 522

An Act to amend and reenact § 19.1-296 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to transportation to the penitentiary of persons sentenced to the
penitentiary and other related matters.

(S 70]
Approved April 5, 1966

Be it enacted by the Genera] Assembly of Virginia:
ath That § 19.1-296 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
follows:

§ 19.1-296. Every person sentenced by a court to confinement in the
penitentiary shall, as soon as may be, be conveyed to the penitentiary in
the manner hereinafter provided. The clerk of the court in which the person
is sentenced shall forthwith transmit to the superintendent of the peni-
tentiary * an abstract of the judgment and within thirty days from the date
of the judgment shall forthwith transmit to the superintendent of the pent-
tentiary a certified copy or copies of the order of trial and a certified copy
of the complete final order, and if he fail to do so he shall forfeit one hun-
dred dollars. Upon receiving such abstract the superintendent of the peni-
tentiary shall dispatch a guard to the county or corporation with a warrant
directed to the sheriff authorizing him to deliver the convict, whose duty
it shall be to take charge of the person and convey him to the penitentiary.
If because of the number of persons to be conveyed to the penitentiary or
because there is reason to apprehend an attempt to rescue, the superinten-
dent shall deem it necessary he may dispatch more than one guard and make
provision for the employment by the guard of persons to assist him in the
performance of his duty. The superintendent shall be entitled to receive
from the State Corporation Commission such certificates of transportation
as he may require in executing the provisions of this section, and other
expenses incurred by him in the execution thereof he shall pay, the same
to be allowed him in the settlement of his accounts. *