An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-299, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to devices signalling intention to turn or stop and rules therefor.
Volume 1968 Law 99
Law Body
Chap. 54.—An ACT to prohibit “marathons,” “marathon dances,” “walkathons,”
“skatathons,” “bikathons,” and certain other mental or physical endurance
contests or performances, but excepting certain bona fide athletic contests ;
and to prescribe penalties. [S B 104]
Approved February 24, 1936
1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That it
shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to maintain,
operate, promote, conduct, or advertise, or to aid in maintaining,
operating, promoting, conducting, or advertising, or for any person to
participate in any “marathon,” “marathon dance,” “walkathon,” “skata-
thon,’ “bikathon,” or any other mental or physical endurance contest
or performance of a like or similar character or nature under any
name whatsoever; provided, that this act shall not apply to bona fide
athletic contests commonly known as cross-country races and/or mara-
thon races held on extended outdoor cross-country courses over a
limited number of miles.
2. That any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions
of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred
dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by
imprisonment in jail not exceeding twelve months, or both such fine
and imprisonment; each day of such violation shall constitute a
separate offense.
3. That if any section or part of a section of this act is hereafter
held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, such
decision shall in no wise affect or render void the remainder of this act.