Chap. 14.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1220 of the code of Virginia
which provides a penalty upon any corporation, Conmpany, assoclation, or any
agent or emplovee of either, or any other person, for violating sections 1210,
1216, 1217, 1218 and 1219 of the code of Virginia, or any of them.

Approved December 20, 1897,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twelve hundred and twenty of the code of Virginia be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

$1220. Penalty for violating any of the five preceding sections. —Any
corporation, company, association, or any agent or employce of either,
or any other person, who shall violate any of the provisions of the five
preceding sections shall forfeit for each violation not less than one hundred
dollars; one half for the use of the informer and the other half for the use
of the commonwealth: provided, however, that 1f such violation of the
five preceding sections be an excessive charge for transporting or carry-
ing any articles or things, and within ten davs after demand, at the
place where paid, such excess over the proper charge be returned to the
party paying the same, then the penalty or forfeiture above provided
shall not be enforced.

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