30-17 - Alteration, secretion or destruction of pending bills or resolutions. - Virginia Statutes

§ 30-17. Alteration, secretion or destruction of pending bills or resolutions.

If any person shall fraudulently erase, alter, secrete or destroy any bill,resolution or amendment to any bill pending before the General Assembly, oreither branch thereof, or before any committee of either or of both branches,or any enrolled bill of the General Assembly, or either branch thereof, orshall fraudulently, or with improper intent, endeavor to influence anyofficer or employee of the General Assembly, or of either branch thereof, toerase, alter, secrete or destroy any such bill, amendment or enrolled bill,he shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than fiveyears.

(Code 1919, § 310.)