Chap. 597.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections one and two of an act
entitled an act to suppress tippling houses, the illegal and unlawful traffic
in ardent spirits in the counties of Lee, Pulaski, Scott, Wise, Dickenson,
Buchanan, Bland, and Russell, approved February 29, 1892, so as to make
said act apply also to the county of Giles.

Approved March 6, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
one and two of an act to suppress tippling houses, the illegal and unlaw-
ful traffic in ardent spirits in the counties of Lee, Pulaski, Scott, Wise,
Dickenson, Buchanan, Bland, and Russell, approved February twenty-
ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be amended and re-enacted
so as to read as follows:

§ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That any
person who, without a state license so to do, shall sell by retail any
spirituous or malt liquors, whiskey, brandy, wine, ale, or beer, or any
mixture of them in the counties of Lee, Pulaski, Scott, Wise, Dick-
enson, Buchanan, Bland, Russell, and Giles, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor.

§ 2. Be it further enacted, That any house, tent, booth, or other
structure in said counties at which spirituous or malt liquors, whiskey,
brandy, wine, ale, or beer, or any mixture thereof be sold without a
license from the state so to do, shall be deemed a public nuisance and
the person so using the same or the occupier thereof, or if his or her
name or identity be concealed by the owner, then the owner thereof
shall be deemed guilty of violating the provisions of this act, and the
said nuisance shall be abated by the order of the county court or bond

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taken with good security conditioned to keep the same as an orderly
house, in such penalty as will secure that purpose.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.