Chap. 392.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to prevent
the erection of slaughter-houses within half a mile of the city of Norfolk,
approved March 1, 1878.

Approved February 19, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That here-
after, except on tidewater, no slaughter-house or slaughter-pen shall
be erected, established or maintained within half a mile of the
present corporate limits of the city of Norfolk. Any violation of
this act shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be punished by
fine and imprisonment, the fine not to exceed one hundred dollars
and the imprisonment not to exceed six months.

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