Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-03-30
IRvINGTON, VIRGINIA. FRIDAY MARCH 80 1906.

about the cultivation of which the
advances so made have been or were
intended to be expended to the extent
OF such advances: provided, however
that an agreement in writing shall
be entered into before any such ed.
vances are made, in which shall be
specified the amount to be advanced,
or In which limit shall be fixed,
! beyond which the advances made,
from time to time, during the year,
shal! not go, and the said agreement
be delivered to the clerk of the cir
cult court in which the land lies, and
by him docketed in book to be kent
by him for that special purpose.
CHAP. 103-1. Be it enacted by
the general assembly of Virginia.
That it shall be unlawful for any
person renting the lands of another,
either for share of the crop or for
money consideration, to remove there
from, without the consent of the
landlord, any part of such crop until
the rents aud advances are satisfied.
2. Every such offense shall be
deemed a misdemeanor, aud shall be
punishable by fide or Imprisonment.
Hedistricting 1st. Congressional
District.
CHAP. 51-ShO. The counties of
Accomac, Northampton, Lancaster,
Richmond, Northumberland, West
moreland, Gloucester, Middlesex,
Mathews, Essex, King & Queen, Caro-.
line, Spotsylvanis, Elizabeth CITY.
Warwick, York, aud the cities Of
Newport News and Fredericks sburg,
shall form the first congressional
district.
Public Roads, &C., That May be
Pending.
CHAP. SCI. BE it enacted by
the general assembly of Virginia.
That in any case in which proceed.
ing to establish public road, or to
discontinue a public road, or a gate
across public road, was pending in
any court of original or appellate
jurisdiction, on the thirteenth day of
June, nineteen hundred and four, and
is yet pending, the same may be pro-
ceeded with to the final determina-
ton OF all questionsinvolve6, as might
have been done if chapter forty-three
OF the Code of Virginia had not been
repealed by chapter one hundred and
SIX or the acts of nineteen hundred
and four, etc.
Sentence TO Work Public Roads.
CHAP. 5S-1. BE it enacted by
the general assembly of Virginia,
That section four thousand and forty
six of>the Code of Virginia shall be
as follow:
I S4046 a. Upon conviction of any
felony, when the punishment is fixed,
either by the judge or jury, at con.
fnement in the penitentiary for a
term not to exceed two years. it shall.
be lawful for the court, in its discre-
ton, instead Of sentencing the pris-
oner to confinement in the peniten-
tiary, and in lieu thereof, to sentence
him to hard labor on the public
roads for period of time equal to
the term of confinement ia the peni.
Tertiary so fixed; and that he be de.
livered into the custody of the super
lntendent of the penitentiary, to be
KEEP, by him as member of the State
convict road force in accordance with
law.
CHAP. 59.-l. Be it enacted by
the general assembly of Virginia,
That person charged with crime
who is refused bail or is unable to
furnish bail bond with satisfactory
sureties according to law may, instead
of being committed to Jail, elect to
labor in chain-gang, or in the State
convict road force; and in such case
the court or justice committing him,
or the sheriff or sergeant of the iaii
to which he has been committed, if
such election is made known after
commitment, shall deliver such per-
son to the proper officer of chain
gang designated by the attorney for
the Commonwealth of the county or
city m the Jail of which such person
would be or is confined, or to the
guard of the penitentiary when such
prisoner is to be held to labor in the
State convict road force: provided,
that before any such person ia de-
llvered to chain gang or the State
convict road force the attorney of
the Common wealth for the county
or city in which such person is held
charged with crime shall signify, in
writing, his consent thereto