CHAPTER 434

An Act to amend and reenact § 18.1-237 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to profane swearing and drunkenness.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18. 1-237 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 18.1-287. 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 * twenty-five dollars.

If any person shall be convicted for being drunk in public three times
within 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 * fifty 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.