The superintendent or other person in charge of any fairgrounds or any public or private cemetery shall, for the purpose of maintaining order and enforcing the criminal and police laws of the Commonwealth, or the county or city in which such fairgrounds or cemetery is situated, have all the powers, functions, duties, responsibilities and authority of a conservator of the peace within the fairgrounds or cemetery over which he may have charge and within one-half of a mile around the same.
The provisions of § 19.2-13 relative to the giving of bond and the liability of an employer, principal or master, shall be applicable to every person exercising any powers of a conservator of the peace under this section.
Code 1950, § 19.1-32; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 2 - Conservators of the Peace and Special Policemen
§ 19.2-12. Who are conservators of the peace
§ 19.2-13.1. Application for special conservator of the peace by locality
§ 19.2-14. Conservators of the peace for fairgrounds and cemeteries; bond required
§ 19.2-15. When conservator appointed under § 19.2-13 need not be a citizen
§ 19.2-18. Powers and duties generally
§ 19.2-19. Recognizance to keep the peace; when required
§ 19.2-20. Same; complaint and issuance of warrant therefor
§ 19.2-21. Same; procedure when accused appears
§ 19.2-22. Same; arrest without a warrant
§ 19.2-23. Payment of fees or mileage allowances into county or city treasury
§ 19.2-24. When appeal may be taken; witnesses recognized; bail