Chap. 424.—An ACT to amend an act approved March 23, 1887, enti-
tled an act to define a lawful fence for Amherst county.

Approved May 24, 1887.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
an act entitled an act defining a lawful fence for Amherst
county, approved March twenty-third, eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as fol-
lows:

§1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That for and with the county of Amherst a fence five feet
high, of three rails or planks or wires not more than eighteen
inches apart, shall be deemed a lawful fence.

$2. This act shall not take effect, unless approved by a
majority of the voters ot said county voting on the question,
at the clection to be held on the fourth Thursday in May,
eighteen hundred and ecighty-seven; at which election a poll
shall be opened for that vote, and the ballots shall be “for”
and “against” the fence law; the vote shall be received, cer-
tified, and canvassed under the existing law by the officers
conducting said election, and the result shall be certified by
the county clerk posting a notice of said vote on the front
door of the courthouse of said county.

§3. This act shall be in force trom its passage.