Chap. 565.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1340 and 1345 of chapter 60
of the Code of Virginia.

Approved January 2, 1904. *

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
thirteen hundred and forty and thirteen hundred and forty-five of chap-
ter sixty of the Code of Virginia be amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

§ 1340. How water courses between counties are cleared of obstruc-
tions.—The circuit court of any county which is divided by a water
course from another county or through any part of which a water course
passes may, by itself or in conjunction with the circuit court or circuit
courts of any other county or counties, contract with any person or order
laborers to be hired to clear such water course of obstructions in such
manner and to such extent as may scem to it proper, and there shall be
charged on any county whatever sum the court thereof may agree to pay
for such purpose. But to any proceeding under this section, sections
nine hundred and cighty-nine and nine hundred and ninety-one shall
be applicable in like manner as to a proceeding for keeping in order a
road.

§ 1345. Brand to be required.—Every person rafting or floating logs

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in said river shall have his brand or mark recorded in the office of the
county clerk, in a book kept by the clerk for the purpose. And the cer-
tificate of such clerk shall be prima facie evidence of such brand or mark.
The clerk shall be entitled to a fee of twenty-five cents for recording the
same, and twenty-five cents for a copy thereof.

2. This act shall be in force on and after February first, nineteen hun-
dred and four.