The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-07
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an uct approved March seven, nineteen
us TO rend ,is follows. II a
sectfon 20ls. rho board OF s,ipervlsors
or any county III this State Iii Which, Or
All any. ,iagisterlali district, or }se,,ctcd
portion ot Which my kiiid Of fencc ls
nov required BY law, inter posting Il
It!otico3ofSthe time and pluce or meeting
8fpr3 thirty days, d t tito front door Ut tho
Ecourthouso ana ut each voting place In
tho county, and by publishing lie saino
once G"week for fu,il. successlve Weeks Il,
sotrle nowstats,r Of such county, { any
DO spubllshcd therein d majority Of tho
board being present and concurrit1B, may
declare the boundary lines OF chch lot
or tract or land. or any sttent1i II snsl,
county, or In any iiAglstcrlni district
thereof Or In any selected portion pf
sa,,ci, county to be d lawful fence ns ID
ANY or all VI the animals mentioned I'll
section two Thousand and forty.two Of
tho Cotle Of Gig htceh hundred and cisllty- ~.
s,,ven. or may DECLARE any other Kind OF
fence for such county, intigiaterinl dta-
strict, Or sclcc ted portion Of tho ttuIlty,
than ms prescribed by section two thot-
SAND land thirty-clgi,t OF. Tho Code Of
eighteen, hundred md eigh Seven as
amended by net ot tho Gcnetd Assembly,
approved March evenly fifth. nineteen
hundred and two, 20 be 4 laWftls fence
MS to any or ait " the said arimnls, and
tho board az supervisors Of any such
Jority Of tho qualified voters OF any alcc-
: Ton district, declare tho boundary lines
OF each rot or tract OF lnnd <inT such cs.c-
ton district TO bio a Ia Vful fence MS to-
such Of tho nnimnls named In section TWO
thousnrd and forty-two Of the Code as
may be named IN tho petition; or, II u
majority Of the qualified voters OF any
election. district thereof shall desire amy
other kind Of fenco than rs prescribed
~ section two thousand and thirty-elght
4 or the Gods, as amended by the said net
OF March twenty-rifth. nineteen hun
dred aud two, to bo established as q law
y fill fence for such crctiph district, and
shall Sign and present to the board Of
supervisors a petition setting forth the
kind Of fence desired. the said board Of
supervisors shall tbsreupon decare the
Kind OF fence described In such petition
to be "a full feicR for such election dis
#trict Us to sucl, Of the animals mon
toned IN section two thousand and
aforty-two of lilo Code OF elghttsen hun
dred and eighty-sevcn as shal be named
& In tho petitions; and the boundaries Of
each lot or tract Of land. or stream.
tho kind OF fence prescribed by the
board, Or The kind OF fence described In
said petition. as tho case may be, shall
constitute lawful fence rs to the said
7animnly, Of such 81 them al may be
named, after aix months from thu tin,o
or such action BY tho board, and to
such extent section two thousand and
tllirt.S-cight shall be imperative from and
after the said six months.
?. Provided, that nothing contained In
this act shall relieve amy railroad com.
pany Of any duty or obligation Imposed
on every such company by section twelve
hundred and flfty-nTght Of the Codn OF
Virginia, rs amended by chapter three
hundred and seventy three OF the acts
OF tho General Assembly OF Virginia,
session eighteen hundred and ninety
nine ana nineteen hundred. approved Feb
@ruary fifteenth, nineteen hundred, or im-
posed BY any other statute now IN force
In reference TO fencing their lines ot rail
why and right Of way: provided further
that nothing herein contained shall MI.
th6rir. or require tho hoard Of supervi-
sors to declare moro stringent fcncc
as a lawful fence for any county, magis-
terial district, or selected portion OF tho
county, than as prescribed by said sec
ton twenty hundred and thirty-eight, III
amended by the said act OF March TWEEN
ty-fifth, nineteen hundred and two: pro-
vided. further. that this act shall not re.
peal the present existing f,ncs law In
any county. nlaglsterlnl district, or sc.
lccted portion OF any cnunty, until
changed by the board OF supervisors In
accordance with the provisions hereof.
and provided, further, that tE, provisions
of this act shall not apply to any county,
magIsterlai district, or selected portion
OF any county, i'll which the no-fcnce law
1 IL now In force. 81
s.GThls act shall DO In force from Its
passage.