Chap. 288.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4450 of the Code of Vir-
ginia of 1919, relating to the sale and purchase of second-hand metals.
[S B 299]
Approved March 24, 1930

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
forty-four hundred and fifty of the Code of Virginia of nineteen hun-
dred and nineteen be amended and re-enacted as follows:

Section 4450. If any person buy or receive pig iron or railroad.
telephone, telegraph, coal mining, industrial, manufacturing, or public
utility iron, brass, copper, metal or any composition thereof with in-
tent to defraud, he shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than
one year nor more than two years or in the discretion of the jury not
more than twelve months in jail. Possession of any pig iron or rail-
road, telephone, telegraph, coal mining, industrial, manufacturing or
public utility iron, brass, copper, metal or any composition thereof, 1f
bought or received from any other person than the manufacturer there-
of or his authorized agent or of a regularly licensed dealer therein,
shall be prima facie evidence of such intent.