Chap. 194.—An ACT to amend an act entitled “An act to provide a new char-
ter for the town of Covington, in the county of Alleghany, and to repeal
all other acts with reference thereto”, approved April 2, 1902, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section numbered section 35-a, the object of said
new section being to authorize the council of said town to prohibit the
keeping of hogs within one mile of the corporate limits of the town, or
within any designated area or areas within one mile thereof, in such manner
as to affect the health, comfort or safety of residents of the town, and to
prescribe penalties. [fH B 412]

Approved March 18, 1938

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That an
act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Covington,
in the county of Alleghany, and to repeal all other acts with reference
thereto, approved April second, nineteen hundred and two, as amended,
be amended by adding thereto a new section numbered section thirty-
five-a, which new section shall read as follows:

Section 35-a. The council of the town of Covington shall have
the right and authority to prohibit, by ordinance the keeping of hogs
within one mile of the corporate limits of the town, or within any
designated area or areas within one mile thereof, in such manner as
to affect the health, comfort or safety of residents of the town, and to
provide for penalties for violations of such ordinance, not in excess
of penalties prescribed for violations of other ordinances of the town.
2. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from its
passage. ,