Chap. 21.—An ACT to provide for the protection of the books and other property
in the State library, and to punish any person who shall wilfully remove the
same therefrom or who shall fail to return the same after receiving notice from
the librarian.

Approved February 19, 1904.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That any per-
son who wilfully, maliciously or wantonly writes upon, injures, defaces,
tears, cuts, or destroys any book, plate, picture, engraving, map, news-
paper, magazine, pamphlet, manuscript, or other property belonging to
the State library shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars
nor more than five hundred dollars, one-half of which shall go to the in-
former upon conviction of the offender, or by imprisonment in jail for
a period not exceeding six months.

2, Any person who wilfully and without authority removes any book
or other property from the State library shall be deemed guilty of the
larceny thereof, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in jail for a period not excecding
twelve months.

3. Any person having in his possession any book or other property
of the State library, which he shall fail to return within two weeks after
receiving notice in writing from the librarian, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and punished according to law: provided however, that
if such book should be lost or destroyed, such person may, within thirty
days after being so notified to return such book, pay to the State libra-

rian the value of such book, the value to be determined by the library
board.