Chap. 57.—An ACT requiring the timber-men of Buchanan county to
_ brand or mark their saw-logs, &c.

Approved April 18, 1882.

1. Bo it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That

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river, or any of its tributaries, in the county of Buchanan,
shall mark or brand the same, so that the ownership thereof
may be identified; and any person who shall catch and
securely tie up any such log while floating in said river in
Buchanan county, below the mouth of Big Prattor creek,
shall be entitled to demand and receive from the owner fifty
cents for each walnut log, and twenty-five cents for each
poplar or other kind of log so caught and secured, upon pay-
ment of which sum within ten days thereafter, the owner
shall be entitled to said log or logs.

2. If any person shall alter, cut out, or erase the mark or
brand on any such logs or timber, he shall forfeit to the
owner thereof twenty-five dollars, and shall moreover be
guilty of a misdemeanor.

3. Every person rafting or floating logs in said river shall
have his brand or mark recorded in the clerk’s office of said
county court, in a book kept by the clerk for the purpose,
and the certificate of the clerk of said court shall be prima
facie evidence of such brand or mark. Said clerk shall be
entitled to a fee of twenty-five cents for recording the same,
and twenty-five cents for a copy thereof.

4, This act shall be in force from its passage.
Chap. 57.—An ACT requiring the timber-men of Buchanan county to
_ brand or mark their saw-logs, &c.

Approved April 18, 1882.

1. Bo it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That

own BNY person or persons rafting or floating saw-logs in Louisa

it'd

rks,

m’t

river, or any of its tributaries, in the county of Buchanan,
shall mark or brand the same, so that the ownership thereof
may be identified; and any person who shall catch and
securely tie up any such log while floating in said river in
Buchanan county, below the mouth of Big Prattor creek,
shall be entitled to demand and receive from the owner fifty
cents for each walnut log, and twenty-five cents for each
poplar or other kind of log so caught and secured, upon pay-
ment of which sum within ten days thereafter, the owner
shall be entitled to said log or logs.

2. If any person shall alter, cut out, or erase the mark or
brand on any such logs or timber, he shall forfeit to the
owner thereof twenty-five dollars, and shall moreover be
guilty of a misdemeanor.

3. Every person rafting or floating logs in said river shall
have his brand or mark recorded in the clerk’s office of said
county court, in a book kept by the clerk for the purpose,
and the certificate of the clerk of said court shall be prima
facie evidence of such brand or mark. Said clerk shall be
entitled to a fee of twenty-five cents for recording the same,
and twenty-five cents for a copy thereof.

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