Chap. 138.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 401 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to the sale and distribution of State publications, so as to provide for
the distribution of certain publications to subscribers. [S B 209]

Approved March 6, 1940

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

Section 401. Sale and Distribution of State Publications.—All
books, documents, and maps published by the State shall be de-
livered to the director of the Division of Purchase and Printing, who
shall distribute the number of copies as required by law and preserve
at least twenty-five copies of each. The director is authorized to
sell, or distribute, or to sell and distribute, the books, documents
and maps not required to be distributed or preserved, fixing such
price per copy as may be reasonable and sufficient to cover the cost
of printing, mailing and handling. The receipts from such sale shall
be paid into the State treasury and credited to the general fund.

Such sales may be made through book dealers, and a reasonable
commission allowed them on such sales. When such books, docu-
ments and maps are placed in the hands of such dealers, the director
shall require of each such dealer a bond, with good security, payable
to the Commonwealth and conditioned to secure the payment of
the price of said publications or the return thereof to the director of
the Division of Purchase and Printing on demand.

Upon payment to the director of the sum of fifty dollars per
annum, the said director shall furnish by mail to any person, firm or
corporation making application therefor a copy of each annual and
interim report and other similar books and documents printed under
his authority for any of the departments, divisions, institutions and
agencies of the State.