Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-04-13
some NEW LAWS,
of Interest to This People, Passed
By the Recent legislature.
Exhibit for Jamestown by Super
yisors.

yisors.
CHAP. 122.- The boards of super
visors of several counties of this Com
monwealth, in laying the annual levy
for the year nineteen hundred and six,
may include in said estimates a sum not
exceeding one thousand five hundred
dollars for each county, for the purpose
of securing historical and physical de-
scriptions of said counties, and editing
and publishing the same for distribution
at the jamestown tercentennial exposi
tion and elsewhere. and the selection
and preparation of exhibits of the in
dustrial, agricultural, mineral and COM
mercial resources, to be exhibited at the
saidJamestown tercentennial exposition.
2. The historical and physical descrip-
tions of said counties shall include among
other things, as follows: Date of for
nation; from what territory formed;
notable incidents in its history; in what
grand division of the State situated;
distances from the city of Richmond, and
from Hampton roads, and from the near
estgeneralmarketto town, and lines of COM
munication with.the same; area in acres,
open or forest; geology; general char
acter of soil; minerals; general products:
particular industries; average produc-
tion per acre ofusual crops; topography;
mileage of railroads. electric lines, turn
pixies and graded roads; population,
white and colored, in nineteen hundred:
assessed value of real and personal
property in nineteen hundred and six;
number and value of farm animals and
stock in nineteen hundred and six; num-
ber of soldiers, white and colored, re-
spectively, that enlisted in the Confed-
crate and Union armies; and such other
information as may be deemed pertinent
by the respective boards of supervisors.
3. Said boards of supervisors of such
counties that may determine to prepare
such historical and physical descriptions
of their respective counties and the
selection of said county exhibits, are
hereby authorized to cooperate with the
jamestown exposition company, and
shall notify the president of the James
town exposition company of their inten-
tion so to do, and thereupon it shall be
the duty of the jamestown exposition,
company to have disturbed at and
during the period of said exposition,
suchpamphlets containing the historical
and physical data as may be sent by the
respective boards of supervisors to the
jamestown exposition company for dis
tribution; and said boards of supervisors
shall also notify the Virginia commits
sion for the jamestown tercentennial
exposition of their intention to prepare
such historical and physical descriptions
of their respective counties and the Sc
lection of said county exhibits, and it
shall be the duty of said Virginia COM
mission for the jamestown tercenten-
NAL exposition to cooperate with and
assist said boards of supervisors in such
manner as they may deem wise and ex-
pedient, in the selection of said county
exhibits, and the said commission for
the said jamestown tercentennial ex-
position shall arrange for the installa-
ton and exhibition of the said county
exhibits for the said Jamestown exposi-
ton.
Here is law passed 1900-'01, that
is OF much interest to oyster people.
Dredging or Scraping Oyster Plant
!, ing Grounds.
Section 2165a.-It shall be lawful
for any resident of this state hold
ing, under proper and legal assign
ment, oyster planting ground, and
having paid the rent therefor, to
dredge or scrape the same at any time,
except at night: provided, such privi-
lege of dredging or scraping such oyster
grounds may be revoked in any case by
the board of fisheries whenever, in their
judgment it may be proper or neces-
sary to do so: and provided further,
that no person shall have or enjoy the
privilege hereinbefore granted of dredg-
ing or scraping his said oyster planting
ground unless and until he shall have
first properly designated and marked
the oyster lines of his said planting
ground by placing prominent and fixed
buoys thereon by means of anchors suf-
ficient to hold them in place; said buoys
not to be less than eight inches in diam
eter and to extend not less than six feet
above the water; and the same shall be
kept up and maintained so as to dis
tinctly mark said outer line or lines OF
said planting ground. Said buoys shall
be painted white and shall have the
initials of the person or firm whose
property they are placed upon them
near the top in black letters of not less
than five inches in length. Such initials