CHAPTER 402

An Act to amend and reenact § 18-114 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to the penalty for profanity, cursing or being drunk in public, so as to
increase the penalty for the latter offense. 9

[S 84]

Approved April 3, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

a That § 18-114 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 18-114. 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.

If any person shall be convicted for being drunk in public three times
urthin one year in this State, upon the third or any subsequent conviction
for such offense within the period of one year, such person may be punished
by imprisonment in jail for not more than six months or by a fine of not
more than twenty-five dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Counties, cities and towns may pass or adopt ordinances or resolutions
prohibiting and punishing the conduct and acts embraced in this section.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section num-
bered 46-294.1, so as to require certain equipment for certain motor
vehicles.

[S 95]

Approved April 3, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding thereto a section
numbered 46-294.1 as follows:

§ 46-294.1. No person shall operate upon a highway any motor ve-
hicle or combination of vehicles having a carrying capacity in excess of
twenty-two thousand five hundred pounds which motor vehicle or com-
bination of vehicles is not equipped with rear fenders, flaps or guards which
shall be of such size as will substantially prevent the projection of rocks,
dirt, water or other substances to the rear. Such fenders, flaps or guards
shall be of a type approved by the superintendent of State police. Vehicles
used exclusively for hauling logs shall be exempt from the provisions of

is section.