Chap. 334.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act in relation to
fraudulent conversion of property held under trust deed, approved May 23,
1887, and to make the fraudulent. disposal of personal property by any person
who has agreed in writing that the title or ownership of the same shall be or
remain in another without the written consent of such other, larceny.

Approved February 14, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That an act ap-
proved May twenty-three, eighteen hundred and cighty-seven, entitled
an act in relation to fraudulent conversions of property held under trust
deed, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That when-
ever any person is in possession of any personal property, in any capac-
ity, the title or ownership of which he has agreed in writing shall be or
remain in another, and such person so in possession shall fraudulently
sell, pledge, pawn, or otherwise dispose of the property without the
written consent of the owner or the person in whom the title is, or if such
writing be a deed of trust, without the written consent of the trustee or
beneficiary in such deed of trust, he shall be deemed guilty of the lar-
ceny thereof. This act shall not be construed to interfere with the
rights of any innocent third party purchasing said property, unless such
writing shall be docketed or recorded as required by law.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.