Chap. 78.—An ACT to amend and re-énact section 907 of the Code of Virginia, as
amended by an act approved February 23, 1888, in relation to the sale of mules,
work oxen, and horses, when and where sold. .

Approved March 8, 1904.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
nine hundred and seven of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-
enacted by an act approved February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and
eighty-eight, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 90%. Mules, oxen, and horses, when and where sold.—If such goods
and chattels be mules, work oxen, or horses, the sale shall be made after
advertising the same for thirty days by hand bills posted at the front
door of the courthouse and at five or more public places in the county or
corporation, and when the sale is to take place in any county, the places
for posting such notices must be at least two miles apart. Where the
parties shall at or before the time for advertising the sale in writing
authorize the officer to dispense with the provisions of this section, then
the sale shall be according to the preceding section; and except also that
sales of such mules, work oxen, and horses taken within the city of
Lynchburg shall be made in the front of the market-house in the said
city.

2. Whereas an emergency exists, this bill is declared to be in force
from, its passage.