Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-03-14
Stock Law.

Stock Law.
The following bill introduced by
Me ssrs. Churchman and Walker in the
House, Ito allow the voters in ce :
tain portion of Augusta county to V,
on the stock law and provide for put
ting the same into operation" hs 8
passed both houses of the Legislature
and only awaits the governors sigma
ture:
l. Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of Virginia, That the county
court OF Augusta county, or the Judge
thereof in vacation, upon the written
petition, made not less thau sixty DAYS
before any regular election, of at least
two hundred voters of said county who
reside within that portion of Augusta
county lying between line on the east
| beginning at a point where the Shen-
andoah Valley branch of the Norfolk
and western railroad crosses Rocking
ham county line, thence along the line
OF said railroad to the point where said
railroad crosses South river at Lips
comb station, thence with South river
to the point where said railroad again
| crosses said river at the John Wallace
place, thence with said railroad to the
hock0rldge county line, and line on
the west. beginning at the Rock bridge
county line on the MiddlebIoOk and
Brownsburg pike and running with
said road to George Roses shop; thence
with the public road leading to ST.
Mark church to the intersection of
said road with the Walkers Creek
| road; thence with Walkers Creek road
TO the Sumrnerdern road to the ford
across Middle river at J. F. Clemmer's:
thence with Middle river to the road
leading from Trimble's Mill to Buffalo
zap known as the mountain road) at
j. Is. Trimble's old saw mill; thence
with said road to the Parkersbure pike:
thence with the Buffalo Gap and
Churchville road to the line between
Baxter Crawford and G. A. Bear:
thence with straight line by Baxter
Crawford s to the Shirley house; thence
with the road to Farrow s house; thence
along the Lone Fountain road to the
Churchville and Jennings Gap road at
Lone Fountain pOstoffice; thence west
erly with the Churchvile and jennings
zap road to the Parnassus road at the
mouse formerly owned by s. B. Allen;
Ghence with the Parnassus road to it's
intersection with the public road lead
ing from StOver's shop to Striblipg
springs; thence with the road leading
from Stover's shop to Stribling Springs
10 tne old Driver blacksmith shop about
one mile east of Stribling Springs:
Thence along the public road passing
william Burton s, d. l.. Snyder s and
others to the Mount Solon road at ].
=. horn 8; thence along the Mount
Scion road to John @. Douglas thence
along the county road nOrthWardlv.
crossing FreemasOn 8 run to Nortn riy-
er; thence down North river to the ford
at st: PauIs church; thence north
Wardly by straight line to Emmanuel
church; thence along the road running
Dy Rusmlsel. Click, Fifer's and cross. |
Ing Ihorny branch to the Rockingham
county line, shall submit to the uuali-
he'd voteIS in the aforesaid described
portion OF said county, at the first re-
GUAR ensuing election thereafter. the
question as to whether there shall or
shall not be a stock law within the
aforesaid boundary; provided. how.
ever. that the voters of no incorporat-
ed town within the aforesaid limits
shall be allowed to vote on this ones-
tlon: 1t shall be the duty of the cleo. |
tOral board of Augusta county to have
posted at the polling place of each cleo.
ton district embraced in. or anv mart
OF which is embraced in, the above de- !
sorIoeu BOUNDARY, at least ten days be-
lorS !ne GATE OF said election, a copy |
oI Gnls aGg, and to provide at each of |
eaiu poliing places separate box,
wherein The ballots hereinafter provid-
eo ior snail DE deposited. The ballots
10 De USED at said election shall be
furnished by the electoral board of |
augusta county and shall contain the
words For Stock Law" and "A galnst
STOCK Law" The names of all persons
Young under this act shall be record
cd IN a separate poll-book by special
CLERK TO be appointed for that purpose
oy the Judges of election at each pre-
cincG on or before the day of said cleo
lion. The votes shall be returned and
canVassed as provided by law in the
case OF other elections. If it shall ap-
pear from the returns thereof that a
MAJORITY OF the votes cast in said cleo
Ion are in favor of a stock low, then
I Shall be unlawful after the first day
u January succeeding the election for
ne owner or manager of horse, mule.
,,ow, sneep, goat, cattle, or any other
iolnestlc animal. to permit such ami
nal to go at large upon any highway
II unenclOsed lands within the above
described boundaries. Any violation of
MS act shall subject the owner or
manager OF such animals to the pro- r
'lslons of and penalties imposed by !
ectlons 2, O42, 2,049 and 1850 of the /
ode OF Virginia and acts amendatorv /
hereof. Nothing in this act shall be t
onstrued as exempting any railroad J
orporatlon from the present laws as =
the killing or injury to any live stock
'lthin the aforesaid boundaries And T
othing in this act shall be construed
in any way altering, amending or
spealing an act approval February
9TH, 1894, entitled Gan act to prohibit r
ogs, sheep and goats from running at :
rye upon the public roads or unen-
osed lands in the county of Augusta
2. This act shall be in force from it's {
2sSage.