Chap. 144.—An ACT to repeal section 141 of an act entitled an act to raise
revenue for the support of the government and public free schools, and
to pay interest on the public debt, and to provide a special tax for pen-
sions, as authorized by section 189 of the Constitution, approved April
16, 1903, as heretofore amended, and to prohibit gypsies and other strolling
companies of persons pretending to tell fortunes and practice magic arts
for money. (H B &2]

Approved March 13, 1918.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion one hundred and. forty-one of an act entitled an act to raise
revenue for the support of the government and public free schools,
and to pay interest on the public debt and to provide a special tax
for pensions, as authorized by section one hundred and eighty-nine
of the Constitution, approved April sixteenth, nipeteen hundred
and three, as heretofore amended and to prohibit gypsies and other
strolling companies of persons pretending to tell fortunes and prac-
tice magic arts for money, be and the same is hereby repealed.

2. Be it further enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That it shall be unlawful for any company of gypsies or other
strolling company of persons, to receive compensation or reward
for pretending to tell fortunes or to practice any so-called magic art.

3. Every person violating this act shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and fined not less than five hundred dollars, or confined in
jail not less than one, nor more than six months, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.

4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed.