Chap. 279.—An ACT to prevent the encroachment on or the ehanging of the lines
or direction of any public road without permission of the court, and to pre-
scribe a penalty therefor.

Approved May 20, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That any person
other than a duly authorized officer changing the line of any public road,
on either side thereof, as the lines have existed for twenty years or more,
without the permission, entered of record, of the circuit court of the
county in which the road lies, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five nor more than

fifty dollars.

2. It shall be the duty of the supervisor of the district to give notice in
writing to all persons making, or who have made such encroachment: on
anv public road in his district by changing the lines or the direction
thereof, without permission of the court as aforesaid, to remove any fence
or obstruction, whether made before or after the passage of this act, and
to restore the original line or lines of the said road; and on failure to do
so within twenty days after said notice the person so offending shall be
liable to a fine of five dollars for each day the said fence or other ob-
struction remains in said road after the expiration of the twenty days
aforesaid.