Chap. 1134.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2048 of the code of
Virginia, as amended by an act of the general assembly, approved February
26, 1896, so as to omit the words “ except the county of Alleghany.”

Approved March 7, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty hundred and forty-eight of the code of Virginia, as amended
by an act of the general assembly, approved February twenty-sixth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-six, be amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

S$ 2018. How boundary lines of lots and tracts of land made a lawful
fence.—The board of supervisors of any county, after posting a notice of
the time and place of meeting for thirty days at the front door of the
court-house, at each voting-place in the county, and by publishing the
same once a weck for four successive weeks in some newspaper of such
county, if any such be printed therein, a majority of the board being
present and concurring, may declare the boundary lines of each lot or
tract of land in such county, or in any magisterial district thereof, or
anv selected portion of such county, to be a lawful fence as to any or all
of the animals mentioned in section twenty hundred and forty-two; and
to the extent the said board shall so declare the boundaries of each lot
and tract of land shall constitute a lawful fence as to the said animals,
or such of them as mav be named, after six months from the time of
such action by the board, and to such extent section twenty hundred and
thirtv-eizht shall be inoperative from and after the said six months.

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