Chap. 628.—An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 286 of the acts of assembly of
1895-’9b, entitled an act for the protection of laboring men who are householders
ayainst being deprived of the exemption to which they are entitled under section
3052 of the code of Virginia, approved February 11, 1890.

Approved March 1, 1808.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That chapter
two hundred and eighty-six of the acts of assembly of eighteen hundred
and ninety-five and ninety-six, entitled an act for the protection of
Jaboring men who are householders against being deprived of the exemp-
tion to which they are entitled under section three thousand six hundred
and fiftv-two of the code of Virginia, approved February eleventh, eigh-
teen hundred and ninety-six, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows :

§ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall
be unlawful for any person to institute, or permit to be instituted, pro-
ceedings in his own name, or in the name of any other person, or to
assign or transfer, either for or without value, any claim for debt or
liability of any kind, held by him against a resident of this state who is
a laboring man and a householder, for the purpose of having payment
of the same, or any part thereof, enforced out of the wages exempted by
section three thousand six hundred and fifty-two of the code of Virginia,
by proceedings in attachment or garnishment, in courts or before justices
of the peace in any other state than in the state of Virginia, or to send
out of this state by assignment, transfer, or in any other manner what-
soever, elther for or without value, any claim or debt against any resident
thereof for the purpose or with the intent of depriving such person of the
right to have his wages exempt from distress, levy, or garnishment
according to the provisions of section three thousand six hundred and
tifty-two of the code of Virginia. And the person instituting such suit,
or permitting such suit to be instituted, or sending, assigning, or trans-
ferring any such claim or debt for the purpose or with the intent afore-
said shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than ten dollars nor
more than one hundred dollars, and shall in addition thereto, be hable
in an action of debt to the person from whom payment of the same, or
any part thereof, shall have been enforced by attachment or garnishment,
or otherwise, elsewhere than in the state of Virginia, for the full amount,
payment whereof shall have been so enforced together with interest
thereon, and the costs of the attachment or garnishee proceedings, as
well as the costs of said action.

2. The amount recovered in such action shall stand on the same foot-
ing with the wages of the plaintiff under section three thousand six
hundred and fifty-two of the code, and shall also be exempt and free
from any and all liability of the plaintiff to the defendant in the way of
set-oll or otherwise.

3. The fact that the payment of a claim or debt against any person
entitled to the exemption provided for in section three thousand six
hundred and fifty-two of the code has been enforced by legal proceedings
in some state other than the state of Virginia, in such manner as to
deprive such person to any extent of the benefit of such exemption, shall
be prima facie evidence that any resident of this state, who may at any
time have been owner or holder of said claim, or debt, has violated this
law.

4, This act shall be in force from the date of its passage.