Chap. 156.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 103 of chapter 342 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of 1932, approved March 26, 1932, and known
designated and cited as the Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia. [H B 232]

Approved March 24, 1934

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That sectior
one hundred and three of chapter three hundred and forty-two, of the
Acts of the General Assembly of nineteen hundred and thirty-two, ap-
proved March twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and thirty-two, and
known, designated and cited as the Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 103. Glass used in doors, windows, windshields and side-
shields —(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any motos
vehicle trailer or semi-trailer upon a highway with any sign, poster 01
other non-transparent material upon the front windshield, sideshields 01
rear windows of such motor vehicle other than a certificate or othe:
paper required to be so placed by law or which may be permitted by the
director; provided, that signal lamps of a type approved by the director
shall not be considered a violation of this section.
(b) Every permanent windshield on a motor vehicle shall be
equipped with a device for cleaning snow, rain, moisture or other mat
ter from the windshield directly in front of the operator, which devic
shall be so constructed as to be controlled or operated by the operator
of the vehicle. The device required by this sub-section shall be of a typ
approved by the director.

(c) It shall be unlawful after January first, nineteen hundred anc
thirty-five for any person to operate on any highway a motor vehicle
registered in this State and manufactured or assembled after the saic
date and designed or used for the purpose of carrying persons for com-
pensation or hire, or as a public conveyance to transport school childrer
and others, unless such vehicle be equipped with safety glass wherever
glass is used in doors, windows, windshields and sideshields; this pro-
vision shall not, however, apply to any such vehicle registered in this
or any other state prior to January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-
five. .
It shall be unlawful after January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-
six to operate on any highway any motor vehicle registered in this State,
manufactured or assembled after the said date unless such vehicle be
equipped with safety glass wherever glass is used in doors, windows,
windshields and sideshields; this provision shall not, however, apply to
any vehicle registered in this or any other state prior to January first,
nineteen hundred and thirty-six.

The term “safety glass” as used in this sub-section shall be construed
to mean any product composed of glass so manufactured, fabricated, or
treated as substantially to prevent shattering and flying of the glass
when struck or broken. The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles
shall maintain a list of types of glass approved by the Division of Motor
Vehicles as conforming to the specifications and requirements for safety
glass as set forth in this section and shall not issue a license for or re-
license any motor vehicle subject to the provisions herein stated unless
such motor vehicle be equipped as herein provided with such approved
type of glass.

If any person shall operate any vehicle in violation of the pro-
visions of this subsection, he shall be punished as provided in section
one hundred and eighteen of this act; if such person shall operate such
vehicle under a certificate issued by the State Corporation Commission,
in addition to the penalty provided in section one hundred and eighteen,
the certificate of such person may in the discretion of the State Corpora-
tion Commission be suspended until the provisions of this sub-section
are satisfactorily complied with.