Chap. 750.—An ACT to prohibit hogs from running at large upon the streets or
roads on Chincoteague island, in Accomac county.
Approved March 4, 1896.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall
be unlawful for any hog or hogs or swine to run at large upon the
streets or roads on Chincoteague island, in the county of Accomac,
and the owner or owners of such animals who shall intentionally per-
mit such animals to run at large,as above mentioned, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any justice
of the peace shall be fined not less than one nor more than five
dollars for each offence.
2. This act shall take effect from and after the first day of June,
eighteen hundred and ninety-six.