Sec. 1. - Authority of council.
Subject to the general law of the state regulating the working of those convicted of offenses against the state, the council shall have the power to provide by ordinance for the employment or the working, either within or without the city limits, or within or without any city prison or jail, of all persons sentenced to confinement in said prison or jail for the violation of the laws of the State of Virginia or the ordinances of the City of Hopewell.