Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1903-04-10
AUGUSTUS NEW STOCK LAW.
Sections of the County Embraced in its
Bounds.

Sections of he@sCounty Embraced in its
Bounds.
At the request of some of our read
ers we print the law in regard to the
running of stock on the public high
ways. This law went into effect on
the first of January last.
l. Be it enacted bv 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 than 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 a line on the east
beginning at point where the Shen-
andoah Valley branch of the Norfolk
and Western railway 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
Rockbridge county line, and line on
the west, beginning at the ROckbridge
county line Oh the Middlebrook and
Browpsburg pike and running with
said road to George Rose 8 shop; thence
with the public road leading to St.
Mark IS church to the intersection of
said road with the Walkers Creek
| road; thence with Walkers Creek road
| to the Summerdean 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
Gap (known as the mountain road) at
J. b. Trimble's ldssaw- mill; thence
with said road to theParkersburg pike,
thence with the Buffalo Gap and
ChurchvilIe road to the line between
Baxter Crawford and G. A. Bear !;
thence with a straight line by Baxter
Crawford g 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 Churchville and jennings
Gap road to the ParDassus road at the
house formerly owned by s. B. Allen;
thence with the ParnasSus road to its
intersection with the public road lead
ing from Stover's shop to Stribling
Springs; thence with the road leading
from Stover's shop to Stribling Springs
to the old Driver blacksmith shop about
one mile east of Stribling Springs;
thence along the public road passing
William Baxter's, D. L. Snyder's and
others to the Mount Solon road at j..
c. Horns; thence along the Mount
Scion road to John @. Douglas; thence
along the county road northwardly,
crossing Freemason' IS run to North riv-
er; thence down North river to the
ford at st. Paul's church; thence north
| wardly by straight line to Emmanue
church, thence along the road runninE
by Rusmisel, Click, Fifer's and cross
| ing Thorny branch to the Rocking haln
county line.
PENALTY.
If it shall appear from the returns
of the election that majority
of the votes cast in said cleo
tion are in favor of stock low, then it
4 shall be unlawful after the first day OF
January succeeding the election for
the owner or manager of horse, mule,
cow, sheep, goat, cattle, or any other
/ domestic animal, to permit such aui-
NAL to go at large upon any highway
or unenclosed lands within the above
described boundaries. Any violation
of this act shall subject the owner OF
manager of such animals to the provi
sions of and penalties imposed by sec
tlons 2,O42, 2 049 and 1850 of the Code
of Virginia and acts amendatory
Thereof. Nothing in this act shall bt
construed as exempting any railroad
corporation from the present laws al
to the killing or injury to any live
Istock within the aforesaid boundaries
And nothing in this act shall be con
strued as in any way altering, amend
ing or repeating an act approval Feb
ruary 10th, 1894, entitled IAN act tt
Iprohibit hogs, sheep and goats from
running at large upon the public road
or unenclosed lands in the county ol
Augusta"
2 This act shall be in force from it
Ipassage.