Chap. 304.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3798 of the code of Virginia,
prohibiting profane swearing and drunkenness.

Approved February 11, 1898.

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

$3708. If any person arrived at the age of discretion profanely curse
or swear or get drunk he shall be fined by a justice one dollar for each
offence; but nothing herein contained shall apply to any city or town having
police requiations on this subject.

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