Chap. 186.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1923 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to causing or encouraging children under eighteen years of
age to commit misdemeanors, etc. [S B 213]

Approved March 15, 1920.

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

Sec. 1923. Causing or encouraging children under eighteen years
of age to commit misdemeanors, etc.—Any person over eighteen years
of age who shall cause or encourage any child under the age of eigh-
teen years to commit any misdemeanor, or who shall send or cause any
such child to go into any place for an unlawful purpose, or who shall
in any way subject any such child to vicious or immoral influences,
or who shall induce, cause, encourage or contribute toward the de-
pendency, neglect or delinquency of any such child, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine
of not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in jail for a
period of not more than one year, or both. This section shall not be
construed as repealing or modifying or in any way affecting section
forty-four hundred and ten, forty-four hundred and eleven, forty-
four hundred and fourteen, forty-five hundred and forty-eight and
forty-seven hundred and sixty-four of the Code of Virginia.