Chap. 165.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2489 of the Code of Vir-
ginia in relation to lien of inn-keepers, etc.

Approved March 12, 1906.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-four hundred and eighty-nine of the Code of Virginia, eighteen
hundred and eighty-seven, in relation to lien of inn-keeper, and soforth,
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

$2489. In relation to lien of inn-keepers, and soforth.—Every inn-
keeper, keeper of an ordinary, boarding house or house of private enter-
tainment shall have a lien upon and may retain possession of the bag-
gage and other property in and about such inn, ordinary, or boarding
house, or house of private entertainment, belonging to the guests of such
inn, ordinary, boarding house or house of private entertainment, or his
employer, controlled by such guest for the proper charges due him from
such guests or boarders for their board and lodging.