Chap. 257.—An ACT to regulate the sizes of type to be used in certain con-
tracts,.and to prescribe the effect of the use of sizes of type other than
those required. (S B 145]

Approved March 16, 1920.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That no con-
tract in writing entered into between a citizen of this State and any
person, firm, company or corporation, domestic or foreign, doing busi-
ness in this State, for the sale and future delivery of any goods or
chattels, machinery or mechanical devices, or personal property of any
kind or sort whatsoever, shall be binding upon the purchaser, where
the form is printed and furnished by the person, firm, company or cor-
poration, unless all of the provisions of such contract are clearly
and plainly printed or written; and, where printed, such provisions
and covenants and all stipulations as to the rights of the vendor shall
be in type of not less than the size known as ten point; and wherever
in such contract, printed upon a form furnished by the vendor, it is
stipulated that said vendor i is not to be bound by any verbal agreement
or modification of the terms of such printed contract, then such stipu-
lation shall be printed as a separate paragraph or paragraphs and in
type not smaller than pica. Should any of said contract, inquding the
special stipulation hereinbefore mentioned, be printed in less than
the size of type hereby prescribed, and the agent or salesman of such
person, firm, company or corporation enter into any verbal or written
collateral agreement with the vendee, on the part of the person, firm,
company or corporation, modifying or. changing said printed agreement
or the parts of said contract which are printed, then the-vendee may, in
any action instituted to enforce such contract, or the payment of any
sum of money agreed to be paid under said contract, be allowed to
introduce such collateral agreement, or contract in modification thereof,
or any verbal statement made by said agent or salesman in modifica-
tion thereof, in evidence in such action, and the same, if proved, shall
be considered by the court or jury trying the case as a part of such
printed contract.

This act shall not become effective until January 2, 1921.