Chap. 58.—An ACT to empower the county court of King William county to
authorize and permit a Confederate monument to be erected upon the public
square at the county seat thereof.
Approved February 4, 1903.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of King William county be, and it is hereby, empowered, with the
concurrence of the board of supervisors of said county, entered of record,
to authorize and permit the Confederate Monument Association of King
William county to erect a Confederate monument upon the public square
of said county at the county seat thereof, and if the same shall be so
erected it shall not be lawful thereafter for the authorities of said county,
or any other person or persons whatever, to disturb or interfere with any
monument so erected, or to prevent said association from taking all
‘proper measures and exercising all proper means for the protection,
preservation, and care of any such monument.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.