Chap. 40.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3701 of the Code of Virginia
regarding setting fire to woods, fences and other matter.

Approved February 15, 1908.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-seven hundred and one of the Code of Virginia be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§3701. Setting fire to woods, fences, grass and so forth, how pun-
ished.—If any person unlawfully and maliciously set fire to any woods,
fence, grass, straw or other thing capable of spreading fire on lands,
he shall be fined not less than five nor more than five hundred dollars,
and be confined in jail not less than one nor more than twelve months,
or in the discretion of the jury be confined in the penitentiary not less
than one nor more than three years.