CHAPTER 237

An Act to amend and reenact § 22-277, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to when it shall be unlawful to collect tolls for the
use of roads, highways and bridges of the State. CH 118]

Approved March 6, 1956
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 22-277, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:
§ 22-277. It shall.be unlawful for any county, road district, munici-
pality, 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, except those
financed under the State Revenue Bond Act, by any pedestrian or any
horse or horse-drawn vehicle, or motor vehicle, when such pedestrian is
& 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, * student or other person using the facilities daily
for going to or from immediate attendance upon any school, college, or
other educational institution in this State, or classes in water safety train-
ing conducted under the auspices of the American Red Cross.

Any such pupil, student, or other person, 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,* student or other person
using such facilities daily for regularly attending such school, college
or other educational institution, or classes, 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 educational institution, or classes.

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. ©