Chap. 354.—An ACT to prohibit the printing, stamping or impressing of words,
figures, designs, pictures, emblems or advertisements on newspapers after
the same shall have been issued for circulation, without first obtaining con-
sent of the publisher so to do; to prohibit the circulation, distribution or

_ Sale of a newspaper so printed, stamped or impressed; and to prescribe
fines and penalties for the violation hereof. (H B 379]

Approved March 23, 1922.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it
shall be unlawful for any person, without first obtaining the consent
of the publisher so to do, to print, stamp or impress upon any news-
paper or any part thereof, after the same shall have been issued for
circulation by the publisher thereof, any word, figure, design, picture,
emblem or advertisement with intent to cause, or which when so
printed, stamped or impressed may cause, the public to believe that
such word, figure, design, picture, emblem or advertisement was
printed, stamped or impressed in and upon such newspaper by the
publisher of the same as a part thereof.

2. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly circulate,
distribute or sell, or to cause to be circulated, distributed or sold,
any newspaper printed, stamped or impressed in violation of the
terms hereof. |

3. Any person violating the provisions hereof shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one
hundred dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, each violation
to constitute a separate offense.