Chap. 16.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled, “an act to amend
and re-enact section 3805 of the Code of Virginia, in regard to the disturbances
of religious worship, and how the same shall be punished,” as approved
March 7, 1900.
Approved February 3, 1908.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-eight hundred and five of the Code of Virginia, as amended by
an act approved March seventh, nineteen hundred, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:
§ 3805. If any person wilfully interrupt or disturb any assembly met
for the worship of God, or being intoxicated, disturb the same, whether
wilfully or not, he shall be confined in jail not less than ten days nor
more than six months, and fined not more than one hundred dollars, in
the discretion of the court or justice, and any justice or other con-
servator of the peace, may put him under restraint during religious wor-
ship, and require him to enter into a recognizance for nip good behavior
for a period not exceeding twelve months.