Chap. 808.—An ACT toamend and re-enact an act to authorize the voters of Mayo
river district, Patrick county, to vote on the fence law, approved January 5,
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Approved March 3, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That upon peti-
tion of fifty qualified voters from Mayo river district, of Patrick county,
Virginia, it shall be the duty of the judge of the county court of said
county of Patrick to order a vote taken of the qualified voters of said dis-
trict as to whether the boundary lines of each tract of land shall be a
lawful fence or not. It shall be the duty of the judge of the county
court to order this election not later than thirty days after application is
made to him for said election, and said judge of the county court shall
cause the said election to be advertised by hand-bill at each precinct, fif-
teen days prior to said election. If, from the returns from the said dis-
trict, it appears to the court that a majority of the votes cast are in favor
of said law, it shall be the duty of the judge of said county court to have
an order entered on the order book of said county court that the said
boundary lines of each tract of land in said district is a lawful fence:
provided, that said judge shall not order said election to be held more
than once in two years.

2. Said special election shall be by ballot, and the ballots shall have
printed upon them respectively, ‘‘ for the boundary line of each tract of
land being a lawful fence,’’ and ‘‘ against the boundary line of each tract
of land being a lawful fence,’’ and each elector shall provide his own
ballot.

3. It shall be the duty of the member or members of the canvassing
board from said district to canvass the vote from the several precincts,
and report the result in proper form to the county court at the following
regular term of said court.

4. The certificate of the judges of election shall be in the following
form:

We hereby certify that at the election held in Mayo river district at

precinct, in the county of Patrick, on the day of ,
eighteen hundred and ninety , the number of electors at this elec-
tion amounts to ; that votes were cast for the boundary
lines of each tract of land being a lawful fence, and votes were

cast against the boundary line of each tract of land being a lawful fence.
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Clerks. ——— > Judges.

5. All laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
6. This act shall go into effect from its passage.