Chap. 154.—An ACT to amend and re-engct section 2197 of the
code of Virginia, in reference to burial of hogs that die from dis-
ease and accidental injury.

Approved March 3, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section twenty-one hundred and ninety-seven of the
code of Virginia, edition of eighteen hundred and eighty-
seven, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

$2197. The owner of hogs that die from disease or acci-
dental injury, knowing of such death, shall bury them not
less than two feet below the surface of the ground as soon
as practicable after their death, and if he fails to do so,
any justice, after notice to the owner, if he can be ascer-
tained, shall cause any such dead animal to be buried by
a constable or other person to be designated for the pur-
pose, and the constable or other person shall be entitled
to recover of the owner of every hog so buried a fee of one
dollar, to be recovered in the same manner as officer’s fees
are recovered, free from all exemptions in favor of such
owner.

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