Chap. 265.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2197 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, in relation to the disposition of dead animals and fowls, as here-
tofore amended. {H B 96]

Approved March 16, 1918.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion twenty-one hundred and ninety-seven of the Code of Virginia,
as heretofore amended, be amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows:

Sec. 2197. The owner of any animal or grown fowl, which has
died, knowing of such death, shall forthwith cremate or cause to be
cremated, or bury or cause to be buried, the body of such animal
or grown fowl, and if he fails to do so any justice, after notice
to the owner, if he can be ascertained, shall cause any such dead
animal or fowl to be cremated or buried by a constable, or other
person designated for the purpose, and the constable or other per-
son shall be entitled to recover of the owner of every such animal
so cremated or buried, a fee of five dollars, and of the owner of
every such fowl so cremated or buried a fee of one dollar, to be
recovered in the same manner as officers’ fees are recovered, free
from all exemptions in favor of such owner. Any person violating
the provisions of this section shall be subject. to a fine not exceeding
twenty dollars for each offense.

2. ‘This section shall not apply to any county until the board
of supervisors thereof shall adopt the same.