Chap. 293.—An ACT to provide for celebration of a century of peace among
the English speaking peoples. (S. B. 344.)

Approved March 25, 1914.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the seventeenth day of February, in the year nineteen hundred and
fifteen, being the one hundredth anniversary of the exchange of
ratifications of the treaty of peace between the United States and
Great Britain, commonly known as the Treaty of Ghent, be ob-
served in this State as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and for
that purpose the said day shall be a public holiday.

2. That, throughout this State, at twelve o’clock noon, on the
said seventeenth day of February, nineteen hundred and fifteen,
and for the space of five minutes thereafter, all travel shall cease;
all labor, business, recreation and active employment shall be sus-
pended; and all persons within the territory of the State are re-
commended then to address their minds and hearts to thanksgiving
for the continuance of peace for the past hundred years, and to pray
that peace may still endure.