CHAPTER 379

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 22-277 of the 1950 Code pertain-
ing to the collection of certain tolls.
[H 467]

Approved April 5, 1950

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 22-277 of the 1950 Code be amended and reenacted as
follows:

§ 22-277. Collection of toll unlawful.—It shall be unlawful
for any county, road district, municipality, corporation, public or
private, or any person to collect toll for the use of any of the roads
or highways or bridges in this State by any pedestrian or any
horse or horse-drawn vehicle, or motor vehicle, when such pedes-
trian is a pupil using the facilities for daily use in going to or
returning from immediate attendance upon any school, college or
educational institution in this State, or when such horse is being
ridden by, or such vehicle is carrying any pupil or student wsing
the facilities daily for going to or from immediate attendance upon
any school, college, or other educational institution in this State.

Any such pupil, student, or the parent or guardian of any such
pupil or student may apply for and receive from the principal of
any school, college, or other educational institution in this State,
a card certifying that any child or person is a pupil or student
using such facilities daily for regularly attending such school, col-
lege or other educational institution, and such card exhibited to the
keeper, or person in charge of any toll gate on any highway or
bridge in this State shall be accepted in lieu of all charges for the
passage through such toll gate of any such pupil or any horse
ridden by, or any horse-drawn or motor-driven vehicle carrying any
such pupil or student using the facilities daily for going to or from
immediate attendance upon any such school, college or other edu-
cational institution.

Any person using any such card, except for the purpose herein
specified, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars.
2. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from the time
of its passage.