Chap. 154.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter 385 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1932, entitled an act to provide for the licensing of chauffeurs,
and other motor vehicle operators, and for the suspension and revocation of such
licenses for certain causes; to fix liability on certain persons for negligence
in the operation of motor vehicles on the public highways; and to prescribe
penalties for violations of certain provisions of this act, approved March 29,

1932. [H B 214]
Approved March 24, 1934

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
four of chapter three hundred and eighty-five of the Acts of Assembly
of nineteen hundred and thirty-two, entitled, an act to provide for the
licensing of chauffeurs, and other motor vehicle operators, and for the
suspension and revocation of such licenses for certain causes; to fix
liability on certain persons for negligence in the operation of motor
vehicles on the public highways; and to prescribe penalties for violations
of certain provisions of this act, approved March twenty-ninth, nine-

teen hundred and thirty-two, be amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows:

Section 4. Non-residents, when exempt from license—(a) A non-
resident over the age of sixteen years who has been duly licensed as an
operator, and a non-resident over the age of eighteen years who has
been licensed as a chaffeur, under a law requiring the licensing of op-
erators or chauffeurs in his home state or country and who has in his
immediate possession either a valid operator’s or chauffeur’s, license iS-
sued to him in his home state or country shall be permitted without
examination or license under this act to drive a motor vehicle upon
the highways of this State.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any non-resident whose home state or
country does not require the licensing of operators or chauffeurs, and
who has not been licensed either as an operator or chauffeur in his
home state or country, to operate any motor vehicle upon any highway
in this State without first making application for and obtaining a
license as an operator or chauffeur as required under this act; but any
such unlicensed non-resident, who is over the age of sixteen years, may
operate any motor vehicle which has been duly registered for the cur-
rent calendar year in the state or country of which the owner is a resi-
dent upon the highways of this State, for a period of not more than
thirty (30) days in any one year without making application for or
obtaining an operator’s or chauffeur’s license under this act, upon con-
dition that such non-resident may be required at any time or place to
prove lawful possession of or the right to operate, such motor vehicle,
and establish his proper identity.