Chap. 682.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3818 of the code of 1887, in
relation to betting or playing at faro, or at the said games, or at any game
except, «c., at a public place; how punished.

Approved March 5, 1894.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-eight hundred and eighteen of the code of eighteen hundred
and eighty-seven be, and the same is hereby, amended ard re-enacted
so as to read as follows:

§ 3818. Betting or playing at faro, or at the said games, or at any
game except, and so forth, at a public place; how punished.—If any
person bet or play at any such table, bank or wheel of fortune, as is
mentioned in section thirty-eight hundred and fifteen, or if at any
ordinary, race-field or other public place he play at any game except
billiards, bowls, chess, backgammon, draughts, dominoes or a licensed
game, or bet on the sides of those who play, he shall be fined thirty
dollars, and shall, if required by the court, give security for his good
behavior for one year, or in default thereof he may be confined in
jail not exceeding three months.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.