Chap. 510.—An ACT to amend and reenact sections 3744 and 3745 of the Code
of Virginia, in relation to the giving or acceptance of a bribe, and the punish-
ment therefor.

Approved December 30, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
thirty-seven hundred and forty-four and thirty-seven hundred and forty-
five of the Code of Virginia be amended and! re-enacted so as to read ag
follows : :

§ 3744. Bribes to influence vote, opinion, and so forth, of officers, how
punished ; going out of State to give or offer, and so forth, and return-
ing.—If any person give, offer, or promise anywhere in this State, or if,
being a resident of this State, any person shall go out of this State with
the intention of returning for the purpose of giving, offering, or promis-
ing, and docs give, offer, or promise and afterwards return to and reside
in this State, anv gift or gratuity to any executive, legislative, or judicial
officer, after his election or appointment, and either before or after he
shall have been qualified, or shall have taken his seat, with intent to in-
fluence his act, vote, opinion, decision, or judgment on any matter, ques-
tion, cause, or proceeding which is or may be then pending, or may by
law come or be brought before him in his official capacity, he shall, upon
conviction, be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more
than ten years.

§ 9745. Acceptance thereof by officer, how punished.—If any execu-
tive, legislative, or judicial officer accept in this State, or if, being resi-
dent in this State, such officer shall go out of this State and accept, and
afterwards return to and reside in this State, any gift or gratuity, or any
promise to make a gift or do any act beneficial to such officer under an
agreement, or with an understanding that his vote, opinion, or judgment
shall be given on any particular side of any question, cause, or proceed-
ing which is or may be by law brought before him in his official capacity,
or that in such capacity he shall make any particular nomination or ap-
pointment, he shall, upon conviction, be confined in the penitentiary not
less than one nor more than ten vears, and shall forfeit his office and be
forever incapable of holding any post mentioned in section one hundred
and sixty-two.

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