Chap. 228.—An ACT to allow the voters in Carrollton precinct, Isle of
Wight county, to vote on the adoption of the no-fence law.

Approved February 24, 1888.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall be the duty of the judge of Isle of Wight county |
court, upon petition of twenty-five freeholders in Carrollton
precinct, which petition may be presented in term time or in
vacation, to order-a special election to be held at Carrollton,
in said precinct, to determine whether the no-fence law shall
be adopted within the following boundaries: Commencing on |
Brewer's creek at the landing on the Edward Pitt farm, and
running up a swamp or branch, the line between Thomas
Davis, deceased, and George H. Parker, to the line of James
A. Chapman; thence along the line of said James A. Chap-
man to the road leading from Smithfield to Suffolk; thence
along said road to Brick Church branch or run; thence down
said branch to Whitfield’s landing on Jones’s creek; thence
down said creek to its junction with Pagan creek; thence
down Pagan creek to the waters into which empties the
Chuckatuck creek; thence along said waters to the mouth
of Chuckatuck creek; thence up said creek to the mouth of
Brewer's creek; thence up Brewer’s creek to the place of
commencement at the landing on the Edward Pitt farm.

2. The said county judge shall cause due notice to be:
given of the time, place, and purpose of such special election

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by having written notice thereof posted at three or more
conspicuous places in said Carrollton precinct, ten days before
the time set for holding such election. Proper notice shall
also be given the judges of election for said precinct, and
said judges shall conduct such election so as to conform as
far as practicable to the requirements of the general election
law of this state. The ballots to be used in such election
shall be respectively, “For no-fence law”; “Against no-fence
law.”

3. As soon as practicable, after the proper returns have
been made, the county clerk shall certify the result to the
county judge, who, if a majority of the votes cast are for
no-fence law, shall declare such law adopted within the limits
specified in this act: provided however, that such adoption
shall not take effect until a lawful.fence shall be erected from
the Edward Pitt farm landing on Brewer's creek along the
line herein designated to Whitfield’s landing on Jones’s creek,
and self-acting gates erected at every point where a public
road crosses the boundary lines herein designated. All the
expenses of erecting such gates and fences and keeping them
in repair, shall be paid by the voters living within the limits

sherein mention. But all the legal expenses connected with
the election herein provided for, shall be paid by the persons
who petition the court to order such election.

4, All the waters below the two landings herein mentioned,
which constitute a part of the boundary lines specified in
this act, are hereby declared to be a lawful fence.

5. The boundary lines herein designated, may be changed
by order of the county court upon satisfactory evidence that
such change will not conflict with the purposes of this act.

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