Chap. 353.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1 of an act entitled ‘‘An Act
to protect trade-mark owners, distributors and the public against injurious and
uneconomic practices in the distribution of articles under a distinguishing trade-
mark, brand or name; to authorize certain provisions to be included in con-
tracts relative to the sale or resale thereof; and to provide remedies.”, approved
March 27, 1936, as heretofore amended, so as to define the term “wearing ap-
parel’’ as used in the said act. {H B 348]

Approved March 30, 1940

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That
section one of an act entitled ‘“‘An Act to protect trade-mark owners,
distributors and the public against injurious and uneconomic practices
in the distribution of articles under a distinguishing trade-mark,
brand or name; to authorize certain provisions to be included in
contracts relative to the sale or resale thereof; and to provide reme-
dies.””, approved March twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and thirty-
six, as heretofore amended, be amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows:

Section 1. The following terms, as used in this act, are hereby
defined as follows:

(A) “Commodity” means any subject of commerce, except meats
and meat products, meal, flour, bakery products, fresh and canned
fish, sea food, fresh and canned fruits and vegetables, coffee, tea, ice,
sugar and wearing apparel.

(A-1) ‘‘Wearing apparel”’ means the finished product or article
and does not include any material, ingredient, or component out of
which wearing apparel is made, altered, or repaired.

(B) ‘Producer’ means any grower, baker, maker, manufacturer,
bottler, packer, converter, processor or publisher.

(C) “Wholesaler” means any person selling a commodity other
than a producer or retailer.

(D) ‘Retailer’? means any person selling a commodity to a con-
sumer for use.

(E) ‘“Person’’ means an individual, a corporation, a partnership,
an association, a joint-stock company, a business trust or any unin-
corporated organization.