Chap. 513.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 56 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to cemeteries. {H B 243]

Approved March 25, 1926.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
fifty-six of the Code of Virginia, be amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

Section 56. Location of cemeteries; limitation as to quantity of
land.— No cemetery shall be hereafter established within the corporate
limits of any city or town; nor shall any cemetery be established within
two hundred and fifty yards of any residence without the consent of
the owner of such residence; and no cemetery shall be hereafter estab-
lished, and no burial made in any part of any cemetery, other than a
municipal or city cemetery, located within three hundred yards of any
property owned by any city, town, or water company, upon which,
or a portion of which are now located driven wells from which water
is pumped or drawn from the ground in connection with the public
water supply. Nothing contained in sections fifty, fifty-one, fifty-two,
and fifty-three, shall be so construed as to authorize a conveyance of
more than three hundred acres, or the condemnation of more than two
acres of land for the use of a cemetery. When damage is done to ad-
jacent land by the establishment of such cemetery, whether established
by purchase or condemnation, the owners whose lands have been
damaged shall have a right of action for such damage against any
person, firm, corporation, or municipality establishing the said ceme-
tery; provided, such action be instituted within one year from such
establishment.