Chap. 234.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the eighteenth subdivision of section
17 of the charter of the city of Portsmouth, approved March 6, 1882.

Approved May 14, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the eigh-
teenth subdivision of section seventeen of the charter of the city of
Portsmouth, approved March sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

XVIII. To prevent cows, hogs, dogs, and other animals from running
at large in the city, and may subject the same to such confiscations, regu-
lations, and taxes as they may deem proper; and the council] may prohibit
the raising or keeping of cows or hogs in the city. '

2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed.