Chap. 93.—An ACT to make it a misdemeanor to operate fraudulently any coin-
box telephone; or to obtain fraudulently from any such coin-box telephone
the use or enjoyment of telephone or telegraph service; or to manufacture,
sell or give away, with intent to defraud or knowing the same is intended for
an unlawful use, any slug, device or substance whatsoever for the operation
of any coin-box telephone. [S B 196]

Approved March 5, 1934

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, as follows:

Section 1. Any person who shall operate, or cause to be operated,
or who shall attempt to operate, or attempt to cause to be operated
any coin-box telephone, designed only to receive lawful coin of the
United States of America in connection with the use or enjoyment of
telephone or telegraph service, by means of a slug or any false, counter-
feited, mutilated, sweated or foreign coin, or by any means, method,
trick, or device whatsoever not lawfully authorized by the owner,
lessee or licensee of coin-box telephone; or who shall obtain or receive
telephone or telegraph service from any coin-box telephone designed
only to receive lawful coin of the United States of America without
depositing in and surrendering to such coin-box telephone lawful coin
he United States of America to the amount required therefor by
owner, lessee or licensee of such coin-box telephone, shall be guilty
_ misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by
ie not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not to
ed three months, or both, in the discretion of the court or the jury
ig the case.

section Z. Any person, who, with intent to cheat or defraud the
er, lessee, licensee or other person entitled to the contents of any
-box telephone designed only to receive lawful coin of the United
es of America in connection with the use of telephone or telegraph
ice, or who, knowing or having reason to believe that the same is
ided for unlawful use, shall manufacture, sell, offer to sell, adver-
for sale, or give away any slug, device or substance whatsoever
ided or calculated to be placed or deposited in any such coin-box
hone, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction there-
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or
mprisonment not to exceed three months, or both, in the discretion
1e court or the jury trying the case.