An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-299, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to devices signalling intention to turn or stop and rules therefor.
Volume 1968 Law 99
Volume | 1899/1900 |
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Law Number | 577 |
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Law Body
Chap. 577.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an
act authorizing the board of supervisors of each county in the state to
levy a tax on dogs, and to enforce collection of said tax, with certain
penalties, in case of failure to pay the same, as amended by an act approved
February 27, 1896, as to Prince William and Shenandoah counties.
Approved March 5, 1900.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
three of an act entitled an act authorizing the board of supervisors of
each county in the state 1o levy a tax cn dogs, and io enforce col-
lection of said tax with certain penalties in case of failure to pay the
same, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:
§ 3. The said several boards of supervisors are authorized to devote
the proceeds of the tax above mentioned to the payment of claims for
sheep killed by dogs in their respective counties, and to turn over any
surplus after the payment of said claims to the district school or road
funds in proportion to the number of dogs listed in the respective dis-
tricts: provided, that in the counties of Prince William and Shenan-
doah that when any surplus shall arise under this act, said surplus
shall from year to year be credited to the sheep fund of the several
districts of said counties, and at the expiration of five years from the
first day of July, nineteen hundred, such surplus if any then on hand,
and every five years thereafter, shall be turned over to the district school
or road fund. It shall be the duty of any justice of the peace of any
county, whenever any owner of sheep or agent shall make complaint, on
oath, before him that his or her sheep have been killed or severely
wounded by dogs other than his or her own, to issue a summons to
three freeholders in the neighborhood, any two of whom may act,
who, being legally sworn, shall go forthwith on the premises where such
sheep may be and examine into the facts and Justice of the complaint,
and appraise the amount of damages sustained by the owner, so that
the damages shall not exceed the appraised value of the sheep killed
or wounded, and return a certificate of the same, under their hands,
to the said owner or agent, and a like certificate to the clerk of the
county court, who shall present it to the board of supervisors at their
next meeting: provided, that in the county of Culpeper the board of
supervisors may, In their discretion, appropriate the tax laid in this
bill to the working of county roads, and in the county of Montgomery
the tax collected from this source shall be appropriated to the school
fund of said county, and in the county of Henrico it shall be applied to
the public schools of that county.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.