Chap. 221.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 15,
1910, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March
14, 1906, entitled an act to empower boards of supervisors to enact
special and local legislation to protect the public roads and bridges
from obstruction, encroachment and injury, to make violations of such
enactments a misdemeanor, and to provide penalties.

Approved March 13, 1912.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
an act approved March fifteenth, nineteen hundred and ten,
entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March
fourteenth, nineteen hundred and six, entitled an act to em-
power boards of supervisors to enact special and local legisla-
tion to protect the public roads and bridges from obstruction,
enroachment and injury, to make violations of such enactments
a misdemeanor, and to provide penalties, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

The boards of supervisors of the several counties of the
commonwealth shall have power to enact such special and lo-
eal legislation in their respective counties, not in conflict with
the constitution and the general laws of the commonwealth,
as they may deem expedient to protect the public roads, ways
and bridges of such county from encroachment or obstruction,
or from any improper or exceptionally injurious use thereof,
and this power shall extend to and may be exercised over turn-
pike road, the control of which has been given to said boards
of supervisors and whether tolls be taken thereon or not; pro-
vided, the board of supervisors shall not enact a law fixing the
width of tires to be used on vehicles until after the question
shall have been submitted to the qualified voters of the county
at a general or special election, and a majority of said voters
shall have voted in favor of the proposed law fixing the width
of tires.

Provided further, that the use of roads, turnpikes and pub-
lic ways for tramways, conduits, poles or other quasi-public
uses shall be under such conditions as may be prescribed by
enactments of the boards of supervisors, and that the boards of
supervisors shall have power by enactment herein authorized
to revoke all unused grants or permits given for the use of
roads, turnpikes or public ways. The unused grants or permits
shall include all or any part of such grants or permits as may
not have been actually used at the time such enactment takes
effect. The enactments of the boards of supervisors enacted
under this provision shall be construed as regulations and not
as contracts.

Any violation of such enactments shall be deemed a mis-
demeanor, and shall be punishable by fine of not less than five
or more than one hundred dollars for each offense.

2. Public notices of such legislation by the boards of su-
pervisors shall be given by posting a copy of such enactment
at each voting precinct in the county, and on the front door of
the court house not less than ten days before it is to go into
effect, or by publishing a copy thereof at least once in newspaper
published in the county not less than ten days before it is to go
into effect.

3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, are in so
far as they are in conflict with this act, hereby repealed.