Chap. 290.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4568 of the Code of Virginia,

relating to profane swearing and drunkenness, and punishment therefor.
[S B 258]

Approved March 28, 1934

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
forty-five hundred and sixty-eight of the Code of Virginia be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 4568. Profane swearing and drunkenness; how punished.
—If any person arrived at the age of discretion profanely curse or
swear or get or be drunk in public he shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than
one nor more than ten dollars.

Counties, cities and towns may pass or adopt ordinances or reso-
lutions prohibiting and punishing the conduct and acts embraced in
this section.