CHAP. 9.—An ACT to amend and re-enuct section 2105 of the code
of 1887, touching fish ladders.

Approved January 14, 1890.

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

§ 2105. Any person or corporation owning or having con-
trol of any dam or other obstruction in any of the rivers
of this state above tide-water which may interfere with
the free passage of fish, shall provide every such dam or
obstruction with a suitable fish-ladder, so that fish may
have free passage up and down said rivers during the
months of March, April, May, and June of each year, and
maintain and keep the same in good repair, and restore it
in case of destruction.

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

CHaPp 10.—An ACT to amend and re enact section 1271 of chap-
ter 53 of code of Virginia, relating to the securities to be depos-
ited with the treasurer.

Approved January 14, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section twelve hundred and seventy-one of chapter
fifty-three of the code of Virginia, relating to the securi-
ties to be deposited with the treasurer, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 1271. Every such company shall, by an agent employed
to superintend and manage its business in this state,
deliver under oath to the treasurer of the state a statement
of the amount of the capital stock of said company, and
deposit with him bonds of the state of Virginia, or of the
‘United States, or bonds of the cities of Richmond, Peters-
burg, Lynchburg, Norfolk, Alexandria, Danville, or Ports-
mouth, to an amount equal to five per centum on the said
capital stock, and the treasurer shall thereupon give the
sgeut a receipt for the same: provided, that the cash value
of the securities so deposited need not be more than fifty
thousand dollars, nor shall be less than ten thousand dol-
lars, and no single bond so deposited shall exceed in
amount the sum of ten thousand dollars. If the bonds so
deposited be registered bonds, the company shall at the
same time deliver to the treasurer a power of attorney
authorizing him to transfer the said bonds, or any part
thereof, for the purpose of paying any of the liabilities
provided for in this chapter.

Upon the exhibition of the said receipt to a commis-
sioner of the revenue of the county, city, or district in
which an office of fhe said company in this state is, or is
intended to be located, and the payment of the specific
license tax which may be imposed thereon, a license shall
be issued in the manner prescribed by law to said com-
pany to carry on its business. And if at the end of the
period for which a license is given the said company desire
another license, it shall only be given on the certificate of
the treasurer that the bonds required by this section to be
deposited with him are in his possession. The treasurer
shall require any such company to make good any depre-
ciation or reduction in the value of the said securities;
and he shall, in the month of December of every year,
examine all securities so deposited with him for the pur-
pose of ascertaining whether any of them have depreciated
or have been reduced in value.

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

CHaP.11.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1480 of chapter
66 of the code of 1887, to exempt teachers of public free schools
from working on public.roads at certain times.

Approved January 14, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section one thousand four hundred and eighty of
chapter sixty-six of the code of eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

$1480. A teacher of a public free school, while acting
as such during the school term, shall be exempt from
working on roads.

2. This act shal] be in force from its passage.
CuaP. 12.—An ACT to amend and re-engct section 1469, chapter
66 of the code of Virginia, 1887, in relation to the appointment
of school trustees for towns of more than five hundred inhabi-
tants.

. Approved January 15, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section one thousand four hundred and sixty-nine,
chapter sixty-six of the code of Virginia of eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-seven, be amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

§ Fourteen hundred and sixty-nine. The districts shall
correspond in boundaries to the magisterial districts,
except that towns of more than five hundred inhabitants
shall, if the council of such town so elect, constitute a
separate schoo] district; and such council shall have the
power to appoint three school trustees to serve one, two, or
three years, respectively, and annually thereafter it shall
appoint a school trustee for said district to serve for three
years; provided that in all cases in which aschool district
includes territory outside of the corporation limits of the
town the trustees shall be appointed by the trustee elec-
toral board provided for in act approved May fourteenth,
eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, but this proviso shall
not apply to the school district of which the town of
Liberty forms a part.

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