Chap. 373.—An ACT to make it a larceiy to obtain, with fraudulent intent,
money or other property or credit by means of a check, draft or order,
and to make a failure to have on deposit, or to the credit of the maker
or drawer thereof with the bank, person, firm or corporation on which such
check, draft or order is drawn, sufficient funds to pay the same in full when
presented prima facie evidence of fraudulent intent. (H B 77)

Approved March 20, 1920.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall
be unlawful for any person to obtain money, or other property of any
kind or nature whatever, with fraudulent intent, or to obtain credit
with like intent, by means of a check, draft or order, of which such
person is maker or drawer, or which though he is not maker or drawer,
he, with like intent, utters, or delivers, or aids or abets another to
utter or deliver. If such check, draft or order is not paid by the
drawee, the person making, drawing or uttering the same shall be
deemed guilty of the larceny of such money or property, or thing of
value obtained on such credit, and the fact that such maker or
drawer did not have on deposit with the bank, person, firm or cor-
poration upon which such check, draft or order is drawn, sufficient
funds to pay the same in full when presented, shall as against the
maker or drawer of such check, draft or order, be prima facie evi-
dence of fraudulent intent ; provided, that if such check, draft or ordet
be paid upon notice or at any time previous to the trial or examina-
tion of such person before a justice of the peace, or if such persor
be not tried or examined, if such check, draft or order be paid before
indictment by a grand jury, no such presumption shall arise.

2. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from its
passage.