Chap. 364.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2146 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, and to repeal chapter 422 of the acts of 1918. (S B 267]

| Approved March 23, 1922.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion twenty-one hundred and forty-six of the Code of Virginia be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 2146. Civil liability; seizure of the machine; liens—lIn ad-
dition to such fine or imprisonment, any person violating any of the
provisions of this chapter shall be liable for the damages actually
sustained by reason of such violation, and such violation shall be
sufficient grounds for an attachment of the motor vehivle, if it is
being driven or used with the knowledge, consent or approval of the
owner, and there shall be a prima facie presumption that the said
motor vehicle is being used or driven with the knowledge, consent,
and approval of the owner. The procedure, pleadings, and trial of the
cause shall be the same as in other attachment proceedings under
the provisions of the Code of Virginia of nineteen hundred and nine-
teen, and acts amendatory thereof. But any attachment of any motor
vehicle, or sale thereof under this chapter, shall be subject to all
valid and properly recorded liens thereon.

2. Chapter four hundred and twenty-two of the acts of nineteen
hundred and eighteen is hereby repealed.

3. An emergency existing this act shall be in effect from its
passage.