Chap. 164.—An ACT defining a lawful fence for Bedford county.

Approved May 6, 1887.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
for and within the county of Bedford a fence four and one-half
fect high, of three rails or pan ks or wires, not more than
eighteen inches apart, shall be deemed a lawful fence.

2. This act shall not take effect, unless approved by a ma-
jority of the voters of said county at the election to be held
on the fourth Thursday in May, eighteen hundred and eighty-
seven; at which election a poll shall be opened for that vote,
and the ballots shall be “for” and “against” the fence law.
The vote shall be received, counted, certified, and canvassed
under the law existing by the officers conducting said elec-
tion, and the result shall be certified by the county clerk
posting a notice of said vote on the front door of the court-

ouse of said county.

3. This act shall be in force from its passage.