Complex sentence: The town, orginally founded in the 17th century as a seaport, is most famous for the curing and production of ham, and the General Assembly of Virginia passed a statute defining Smithfield ham by law in 1926.
Split into simpler sentences: The town, orginally founded in the 17th century as a seaport, is most famous for the curing and production of ham. The Virginia General Assembly passed a statute defining Smithfield ham by law in 1926.