Chap. 110.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1681 of the Code of Virgin
as amended by an act approved March 7, 1900, in relation to commitment
certain persons to insane hospitals.

Approved March 28, 1903.

1. Re it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That an act
amend and re-enact section sixteen hundred and eighty-one of the Co
of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March seventh, nincte
hundred, in relation to the commitment of idiot and harmless dements
the hospitals for the insane, be amended and: re-enacted so as to read
follows:

§ 1681. If any idiot be sent to or received in any hospital, the super
tendent shall order him to be removed to the county or corporation wher
he came, and delivered to his committee, if he have one, or if not, to
oversecrs of the poor, or any of them, who shall give a receipt for hi
The costs of such removal shall be paid out of his estate, if sufficient, |
if not, shall be provided by the said overseers at the charge of their cour
or corporation.

2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby |

pealed.

3. This act shall be in force from its passage.
Chap. 111—An ACT to prohibit keeping or exhibiting, or being concerned in in-
terest in keeping or exhibiting, any slot machine or device that operates on the
nickel-in-the-slot principle, in operating which the element of chance enters in.

Approved March 28, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That if any per-
son keep or exhibit, or be concerned in interest in keeping or exhibiting,
any slot machine of any description into which are dropped pennies or
nickels or coins of any other denomination, or other device that operates
on the nickel-in-the-slot principle, in the operating of which said machine
or device the element of chance enters in, or permit such machine or de-
vice to be kept or exhibited in his place of business, he shall be confined
in jail not less than fifteen nor more than sixty days, and fined not less
than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars: provided, that
his act shall not apply to any slot machine or device that operates on the
nickel-in-the-slot principle, in the operation of which said machine or
device the element of chance does not enter, and which is used exclusively
for any of the following purposes, to-wit: for conducting a pay telephone,
for musical, weighing or other similar purposes, or for the disposing of
chewing-gum, or articles of merchandise other than cigarettes and intoxi-
cating liquors.

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