CHAP. 60.—An ACT to amend section 1072 of the code of Vir-
ginia in reference to the construction of railroads.

Approved February 13, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section one thousand and seventy-two of the code of
eighteen hundred and eighty-seven be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

§1072. Company for internal improvement may enter on
land to make surveys.—Any company incorporated for a
work of internal improvement may, by its officers, agents,
or servants, enter upon any lands for the purpose of exam-
ining the same, and surveying and laying out such as may
seem fit to an officer or agent authorized by it: provided,
no injury be done to the owner or possessor of the land.
But no company shall, under the authority of this section,
throw open any fences or enclosures on any land, or con-
struct its work through the same, or in any way injure the
property of the owner or possessor, without his consent ;
nor shall a company, under any provision of this chapter,
invade the dwelling-house of any person, or any space
within sixty feet thereof, without the consent of the owner,
except in the case of a railroad company, where it is de-
cided by the commissioners (appointed to ascertain the
value of the land to be taken) that it would otherwise be
impracticable without unreasonable expense to construct
such railroad by reason of the conformation of the country.

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