CHAPTER 74
An Act to amend and reenact § 18-165 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to larceny of certain animals and poultry and penalties he iA
Approved February 27, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18-165 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
follows:
§ 18-165. Any person who shall be guilty of the larceny of a horse,
mule, cow, steer, bull or * calf shall be punished by confinement in the
penitentiary not less than three nor more than eighteen years; and any
person who shall be guilty of the larceny of any poultry of the value of
five dollars or more, or of a * sheep, lamb, hog, or goat, shall, in the
discretion of the jury or court trying the case without a jury, be confined
in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years or be con-
fined in jail not exceeding twelve months and fined not exceeding five
hundred dollars.