Chap. 156.—An ACT to declare Miry creek in Halifax county from Midley’s
old mill dam to its mouth a highway and providing for clearing the
same of obstructions and to authorize the board of supervisors of Halifax
county to appoint an overseer to inspect the same. {H B 234]

Approved March 13, 1918.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Miry creek from Medley’s old mill dam to its mouth, in Halifax
county, Virginia, shall be, and is hereby, declared to be a highway,
and shall be subject to all the provisions of law in reference to public
highways, now in force and applicable thereto, except as herein-
after provided.

2. It shall be the duty of the owners of the land lying and
bordering on each bank of said creek above designated as a highway
to keep said:creek. lying within or bordering on their lands, and
the banks thereof, properly cleared out and free from all obstruc-
tions except where authorized by law, and where said creek is the
line between different landowners, the owners on each side shall
keep their banks, and the bordering Of the creek to the middle of
the stream, properly cleared and free from such obstructions.

3. The circuit court of Halifax county shall, from time to time
appoint one or more overseers of said creek, who shall hold office
for two years from the date of their qualification, unless sooner re-
moved for cause by said court. The said overseer or overseers shall
be charged with the duty of inspecting said creek above designated
as a highway during the months of April and October of each year
and at such other times as obstructions in said creek or on the banks
thereof may be reported to him or them. If the said owner or
owners shall fail or refuse to clear out such obstructions in said
creek, or on the banks thereof, the said overseer or overseers, after
giving said owner or owners ten days’ notice, shall at once proceed
to cause the said obstructions to be removed, and report the cost to
the board of supervisors of Halifax county, who, if they approve
of the amount of the bill rendered. for removing said obstruction,
shall order the treasurer of the county to pay the same, and shall
at the same time levy a tax on the said land owner or owners suf-
ficient to defray all expenses incident to the removal of said obstruc-
tion, including the cost of collecting the same, and the said tax shall
have the same lien and be collected by the treasurer of the county
as other taxes assessed by said board. But if said land owner or
owners shall furnish said overseer or overseers with labor to remove
said obstructions they shall have proper credit therefor.

4. The board of supervisors of Halifax county shall allow each
of the said overseers the sum of one dollar and fifty cents for each
day he may be necessarily employed in discharging the duties im-
posed upon him by this act, to be paid out of the county treasury.