Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-12-27
The STUCK LAW.
THE SUPERVISORS ASKED TO PREVENT
HOGS. SHEEP AND GOATS FROM RUN

HOOS. SHELF AND TOaIS Nun IL CAN
MING ON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAYS.
A meeting of farmers of the county was
held at the Supervisors room Oh Monday
last, presided over by Maj. Absolom Koi-
ner, with DR.. M. G. Hildebrand acting as
Secretary. 1t was largely attended, and
the unanimity Of the votes taken during its
progress, showed that the farmers are in
earnest for a regulation preventing hogs,
sheep, and goats from running at large on
the public highways.
The discussion extended over the field Of
trespassing stock generally, and few pres
ent were in favor of going the length of
having a fence law.
MI. P. T. Burkholder said he thought
the meeting would do all that was required,
if it asked for the enforcement of the laws
as they stood now.
MI. w. r. Gilkeson was opposed to ask
ing for a fence law. How could cattle be
driven-and there was much of that done IN
this county-if the fences were all down.
Mr.. J. J. Harner of Middle River thought
they ought to try the hog law. He did not
favor having fence law and all the fences
taken down.
Senator Echols who was present to learn
the will of the farmers of the county in the
matter, said that Senator Berry of Am
herst, whose bill making running streams
legal fences was now before the Senate, had
Informed him that the Amherst people were
in favor Of afence law.
Maj. Koiner who had owned a farm in
Albemarle and had experience of a fence
law there, said that the law there had been
very unsatisfactory. Stock in April were
found running at large, and there was trou-
BILE in moving stock along the highways.
There were arguments on both sides of the
question, but after looking at it from all
points he had concluded that in county
where farming was the main occupation,
fences can be dispensed with; but in a
county like Augusta where there are both
farming and cattle raising followed, it
would breed trouble among neighbors. He
thought hogs could be dealt with by the
Supervisors under the section of the code
now in force. If that worked well, it might
be extended to other stock sheep and goats
and if the three were kept at home it would
dispense with about half the timber now re-
quired by farmers to make their fences.
Mr.. Burkholder thought the farmers of
the county wanted the whole hog OF none in
this matter-they wanted all cattle kept up.
MI. Jno. L. Wallace of South River said
he had suffered so much from hogs that he
was almost ready for any law which would
give protection from them. He had lived
in Albemarle before coming here, land found
better protection from stock there than he
saw here. His neighbors where he now
lives, suffer as much as he does, from the
hog nuisance. The hogs also damaged the
public roads by roofing them up. He moved
that the Supervisors be requested to eX-
clude hogs from the highways.
Mr.. G. W. Shuey moved that sheep and
goats be added to the motion of MI. Wal
lace, and MI. W. accepted the amendment.
MI. Burkholder offered, as a substitute
for Mr.. Wallace S motion, a resolution in
struct1ng the Supervisors to put in force
Sec. 204S of the law preventing all stock
from running at large in the county, but with
some parts of Pastures district exempted
from it's operations, at the discretion of
the Supervisors.
The subtitute, on being put to the vote,
was defeated. The question then came up
on MI. Wallace's resolution as amended,
which was adopted.
MI. Burkholder thought committee re-
presenting each district should be appoint
ed, to get signatures to a petition to the
Supervisors, asking them to put in force
Nh. Wallace's resolution.
| Dr.. Hildebrand said the Supervisors
would see from the reports in the press, the
sense of this meeting, and would not need
urging.
Mr.. FL. A. S. Hamilton thought the Su-
pervisors could not be urged too much.
MI. j. W. Churchman moved that the
Chairman appoint committee of three to
present Mr.. Wallace's resolution to the
Supervisors, as the sense of this meeting,
which motion was adopted. MI. G.. asked
to be excused from serving on the COM
mittee.
The Chair then appointed the following
committee under MI. Churchman'S motion
DR.. M. G. Hildebrand, Chairman, and
Messrs. F. f. Sterrett and G.. w. Shuey.
THE ROAD LAW.
Before the meeting adjourned, a member
announced that at January Court, meet
ing of farmers would be held to consider
changes in the road law.
The meeting then adjourned.