CHAPTER 433

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section num-
bered 46-256.1, relating to rural mail carriers loading and unloading
mail and exempting them from the provisions of § 46-256 under certain
circumstances.

[S 336]

Approved April 3, 1954

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
46-256.1, as follows:

§ 46-256.1. The provisions of § 46-256 shall not apply to any rural
mail carrier stopping on the highway while loading or unloading mail at
a mail box, provided there be lettered on the back of the vehicle operated
by such rural mail carrier, or lettered on a sign securely attached to and
displayed at the rear of such vehicle, in letters at least four inches in
height, the following:
_ Provided further that nothing in this act shall be construed so as to
relieve any such mail carrier from civil liability for such stopping on any
highway, if he is negligent in so doing, and if said negligence proximately

contributes to any personal injury or property damage resulting there-
rom.