Chap. 223.—An ACT for the protection of persons, firms and corporations engaged
in the business of conducting garages for the storage of motor vehicles and for
furnishing supplies to such vehicles. {S-B 191

Approved March 14, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That whoever
stores a motor vehicle, or motor vehicles, with any person, firm or
corporation engaged in the business of conducting a garage for the
storage of motor vehicles and furnishing supplies to motor vehicles,
and obtains supplies for such motor vehicle or motor vehicles, without
having an express agreement for credit, or procures storage, or supplies
on account of said motor vehicle or motor vehicles so stored, without
paying therefor, and with the intent to cheat or defraud the owner or
keeper of such garage; or with such intent obtains credit at such garage
for such storage or supplies through any misrepresentation or false
statement; or with such intent removes or causes to be removed any
such motor vehicle or motor vehicles from any such garage while there
is a lien existing thereon for the proper charges due from him for storage
or supplies furnished thereon, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding one
hundred dollars or imprisonment in jail for not exceeding three months,
or both.