Chap. 256.—An ACT to prohibit the soliciting, aiding or permitting prosti-
tution or illicit sexual intercouse, the use of automobiles or other con-
veyances for such purposes; to prohibit the keeping of assignation houses
and harboring prostitutes for immoral purposes. {H B 3]

Approved March 16, 1918.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it
shall be unlawful for any person to frequent, reside in or visit, for
immoral purposes, any house of ill-fame, brothel or bawdy house
or any place within or without any building or structure within
this State, which is used or is to be used for lewdness, assignation
or prostitution.

2. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
or any officer, employee or agent thereof, with knowledge or good
reason to believe the immoral purpose of such visit, to take or trans-
port or assist in taking or transporting, or offer to take or trans-
port on foot or in any way, any person to a place whether within
or without any building or structure, used or to be used for the
purpose of lewdness, assignation or prostitution within this State;
or to procure or assist in procuring for the purposes of illicit sexual
intercourse, or to give any information or direction to any person
with intent to enable such person to commit an act of prostitution.

3. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any house of
assignation, or bawdy house, or any place where persons may meet
for the purpose of prostitution or illicit or illegal intercourse in
this State, and each and every day such assignation house, or bawdy
house, or place shall be kept, or any prostitute kept or harbored or
permitted to remain therein for immoral purposes, shall constitute
a separate offense.

4. It shall be unlawful for any owner or chauffeur of any Jitney,
jitney bus, automobile, motor car, or other vehicle, with knowledge
or reason to believe the same to be used for immoral purpose,
whether drawn by animal or motive power, to use the same or to
allow the same to be used, for the purposes of prostitution or illicit
or illegal sexual intercourse, or to aid or promote such prostitution,
illicit or illegal sexual intercourse by the use of any such jitney,
jitney bus, automobile, motor car or other vehicle, whether drawn
by animal or motive power.

5. For each and every violation of this act or any section thereof,
the defendant, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five
hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than twelve months
or both.

6. An emergency existing on account of unsatisfactory condi-
tions in certain sections, this act shall be in force from its passage.

7. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby
repealed. °