Chap. 239.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the Ist Section of Chapter
99 of the Code of Virginia of 1860, in Relation to Fences.

In force March 20, 1872.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the first
section of chapter ninety-nine of the Code of Virginia (edition
of 1860) be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

$1. Every fence five feet high which, if the fence be on a
mound, shall include the mound to the bottom of the ditch,
shall be deemed a lawful fence as to any of the stock named
in the eighth section of this chapter which could not creep
through the same.

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