Chap. 370.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4083 of the Code of Vir-
ginia. {H B 262]
Approved March 24, 1922. .

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

Section 4083. Toll gates for sections of five miles or fractional
part thereof, and punishment for unlawful use of turnpike—When
different rates are not prescribed by law, the following tolls may be
received on a section of five miles of a turnpike which has been com-
pleted, to-wit: Six and a quarter cents for twenty sheep or hogs,
and twelve and a half cents for twenty cattle, and so in proportion
for a less or greater number; three cents for a horse or mule; five
cents for a two-wheeled riding carriage ; twelve cents for a one-horse,
four-wheeled riding carriage; sixteen cents for a two-horse four-
wheeled riding carriage; and ‘twenty cents for a four-horse riding
carriage; and for a cart or wagon, six and a quarter cents for each
animal drawing it; and for every engine, machine, wagon, or other
vehicle moved or drawn, in whole or in part, by steam or other motive
power, six and a quarter cents for each wheel of every such engine,
machine, wagon, or other vehicle moving on the ground; except
that for trucks, traction engines, ‘vans and tractors, there may be an
additional charge of ten cents per ton for each ton of capacity beyond
one ton, and except also that an additional charge may be made for
the maintenance of a bridge in any section having a span of twenty
five feet or more, such additional charge not to exceed twenty-five
cents on any bridge for machines moved or drawn by steam or other
motive power; and for a fractional part of a section tolls may be
charged, whether the traveler, in using said fractional part, passes
through a toll gate or not, to bear the same proportion to tolls for a
full section as said fractional part bears to a full section; and, in
no case, shall more than one toll gate be erected or be permitted to
exist upon any one five-mile section of any such turnpike, whether
such turnpike be heretofore or hereafter erected; nor in any case shall
more than one full toll be demanded or received for travel of a
full section, nor more than a proportionate toll for part of a full sec-
tion of five miles. Nothing contained herein shall prevent any turn-
pike company from selling commutation rates or books of tickets made
applicable to all classes of the traveling public.

It shall be unlawful to travel on said turnpike or road without
payment of the tolls prescribed, and any violation of this provision
shall constitute a misdemeanor, and be punishable as such.

2. An emergency existing in order that the turnpike companies
may prescribe proper rates of toll, this act shall be in force from
its passage.