Chap. 551._ An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3853 of the Code of Virginia,
in relation to bribing voter at elections.
Approved January 2, 1904.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
three thousand eight hundred and fifty-three of the Code of Virginia be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 3853. Giving or receiving bribe for vote, how punishel.—If any per-
son, directly or indirectly, give to a voter in any election any money,
goods, or chattels under an agreement, express or implied, that such
voter shall give his vote for a particular candidate, or for or against any
question voted on at any such election, such person shall be fined not less
than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or con-
fined in jail not less than one nor more than twelve months. And the
voter receiving such money, goods, or chattels, in pursuance of such
agreement, shall be punished in like manner with the person giving the
same.

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