Chap. 559.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3874 of the Virginia code
of 1887, in relation to the landowners in Rockingham county keeping
streams flowing through their lands free from obstructions.

. Approved March 6, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
three thousand eight hundred and seventy-four of the code of Virginia
for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 3874. All persons owning lands in the county of Rockingham, lying
along the following streams, and between the points on the said streams
herein designated—to wit: On the North river, between the Augusta
county line and the town of Bridgewater; on the Briery branch, between
the old Cook farm, and where said branch flows into Beaver creek be-
tween the head of said stream, and where the same flows into North
river, on Dry river, between Rawley springs and where the same flows
into North river, and on the north branch of the Shenandoah river,
between Coote’s store, and the Shenandoah county line, shall keep the
channels of the said streams free from fallen timber, drift wood and
other obstructions, where said streams flow through their land. If any
person violate this section, he shall be fined not less than three nor
more than twenty dollars for each week such violation continues.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.