Chap. 232.—An ACT to require the County Judge of Princess Anm
to Submit the Question of Continuing or Repealing the Fence Law wp
the Voters of the County.

Approved March 25, 1875.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Wirginis
That it shall be the duty of the judge of the county cour
of Princess Anne county, upon the petition, in writing, ct
twenty-five freeholders in each magisterial district of said
county, which petition may be presented either in term time
or vacation, to order the several officers conducting elections.
at the times and places for the first general election there
after, to prepare two separate ballot boxes for each voting
precinct, in one of which shall be deposited the ballots of
the freeholders, and in the other, the ballots of the non-free
holders of the then qualified voters who-shall desire to vote
upon the question of having a fence law, or of not having #
fence law. The said ballots shall be, respectively, as follows:
For the repeal of the fence law; Against the repeal of the
fence Jaw: provided, that notice of the time and places of
voting upon said question shall be given by posting the same
at the front door of the courthouse of said county, and at
each voting precinct in each magisterial district, at least
twenty days prior to said election.

2. The manner of receiving and canvassing the ballots
cast at such ‘election on said question, and making returns
and abstracts of the result thereof, shall conform in all re-
spects to the regulations prescribed by the general election
law of this state, except that the certificates of the judges
of election shall be as follows:

‘We hereby certify that at the election held
votes were cast for the repeal of the present fence law, and

votes were cast against the repeal of the present

fence law.
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3. If, from such returns and abstracts of votes so cast on
the question of repealing the act aforesaid, it shall appear
that three-fifths of the qualified voters of the county or
township voting upon the question are in favor of repealing
the said act, and that said three-fifths includes a majority ot
the votes cast by freeholders at such election, and a majority
of the registered voters of the county, then it shall be the
duty of the county court to declare the provisions of said
act to be inoperative and repealed in said county: provided,
that neither law shall take effect until the first day of March,
eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and the judge of the
aforesaid county court shall cause the clerk of his Bart to

iter the result of such election upon the records of the
Oresaid county, and also cause him to post a notice of said
sult in front of the courthouse door of said county within
"teen days after said election.

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

map. 233.—An ACT allowing Willis J. Lee to Erect a Pier or Wharf
on Nansemond river.

Approved Mareh 25, 1875.

1. Be it enacted by tho gencral assembly of Virginia,
Chat Willis J. Lee, of the county of Nansemond, be autho-
‘ized to erect a pier or wharf, at or near the channel, on the
vest side of Nansemond river, in front of his farm at Town
x0int, and at the extreme lower end of Bennet’s pasture, for
-he purpose of shipping produce and merchandise to and
from the same for himself and others, and may charge for
the same such sum as the county court of Nansemond may
ullow: provided, the said pier or wharf shall not obstruct
navigation on the said river.

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

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