CHAP. 228.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 19 of chapter 7
of the Criminal Laws, approved March 14, 1878, in relation to viola-
tions of the Sabbath.

Approved March 8, 1880.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the nineteenth section of chapter seven of the Code of Crimi-
nal Laws, approved March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-eight, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as fol-
lows:

§ 19. No bar-room, saloon, or other place for the sale of in-
toxicating liquors, shall be opened, and no intoxicating bitters
or other drink shall be sold in any bar-room, restaurant, saloon,
store, or other place, from twelve o’clock on each and every
Saturday night of the week until sunrise of the succeeding
Monday morning; and any person violating the provisions of
this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and if
convicted shall be punished by fine of not less than ten nor
more than five hundred dollars: provided, that the provisions
of this section shall not apply to any city having a population
of ten thousand and upwards, and which by the provisions of
its charter or any statute has power to regulate the sale of
liquors or intoxicating drinks within its limits.

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