CHAP. 293,—An ACT to allow the voters of Red Bank district,
Halifax county, to vote on fence Jaw.

Approved February 18, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall be lawful for the county court of Halifax county,
or the judge thereof in vacation, upon the petition of at
least twelve resident freeholders, to submit to the qualified
voters of Red Bank district and such part of Black Wal-
nut district, in said county, as the said court or judge
may designate, the question as whether there shall or
shall not be a fence law in such districts, or either of
them; said election to be held and conducted at such
times, places, and in such manner as said court or judge
may by order prescribe.

2. If it shall appear from the returns thereof that a
majority of the voters in such election is in favor thereof,
then it shall be lawful thereafter for the owner or man-
ager of any horse, mule, swine, sheep, goat, or neat cattle
of any description to permit the said animals to run at
large beyond the limits of their own lands; and if any
of the animals enumerated in the foregoing section shall
thereafter be found going at large upon the lands of any per-
son other than the owner, the owner or manager of said ani-
mals shall be liable for all damage or injury done by the
said animals to the owner of the crops or lands upon which
they may trespass, whether the said animals wander from
the premises of their owner in the county in which the
trespass was committed or from another county: provided,
that this act shall not take effect until thirty days after
the election herein provided for, and the rights and reme-
dies in regard to trespass of animals shall be secured to
the citizens of said districts as now provided for by law
in such cases.
3. This act shall be in force from its passage.