Chap. 1000.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3805 of the code of Vir-
ginia, in regard to the disturbances of religious worship, and how the same
shall be punished.
Approved March 7, 1900.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-eight hundred and five of the code of Virginia, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:
§ 3805. If any person wilfully interrupt or disturb any assembly met
for the worship of God, or being intoxicated, disturb the same, whether
wilfully or not, he shall be confined in jail not exceeding six months,
or fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or both, in the discretion
of the court or justice; and any justice or other conservator of the peace
may put him under restraint during religious worship, and require him
to enter into a recognizance for his good behavior for a period not ex-
ceeding twelve months.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.