CHAPTER 278

AN ACT to prohibit free passage on certain ferries, bridges and
other property of the State.
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Approved April 4, 1950

Whereas, the State has acquired certain ferries and bridges
and is in the process of constructing other like property, all of
which have been paid for from bonds; and

Whereas, such bonds are only payable from the revenues
of such projects and all steps should be taken to ensure the
early retirement of such bonds in order to make passage over
such facilities free to all; Now, Therefore

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. It shall be unlawful for the State Highway Department or
any employee thereof to give or permit free passage over any
bridge or ferry which has been secured through the issuance
of revenue bonds and which bonds are payable from the rev-
enues of such project. Every vehicle shall pay the same toll as
others similarly situated. The provisions hereof shall apply
with full force and effect to vehicles and employees of the State
government, governments of counties, cities and towns or other
political subdivisions, and to vehicles and persons of all other
categories and descriptions, public, private, eleemosynary, or
otherwise. There shall be excepted from the provisions of this
act vehicles and persons in the employ of the State Department
of Highways when actually engaged in the performance of their
duties as such, and personnel and vehicles of the Virginia State
police and employees and vehicles of the Division of Motor Vehi-
cles when actually engaged in the performance of their duties
as such.