Chap. 449.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1789 of the Code of Virginia,
~~ relating to the control by the State Board of Health of the public water supply,
so as to authorize said board to require changes in methods or processes of
purification of. water. . _ 7.5 . [HB 494]

| Approved April 6, 1942 .

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
seventeen hundred and eighty-nine of the Code of Virginia be amended
‘and re-enacted, as follows: oo 0 ,
| Section 1789. Written permit to furnish water to public required.
When, upon investigation, the State Board of Health finds that a water
‘supply furnished to the public for drinking or domestic purposes is a
menace to health, said board shall have authority to make an order re-
quiring such changes in the source or sources of said water supply or
‘such alterations or extensions in the water works, or such change in the
method or process of purification as said board may deem necessary.
‘Said board shall name in its order such date for the completion of the
required changes as it may deem reasonable and proper and it shall be
the duty of the individual, firm, institution, corporation or municipal
corporation, having in charge such water supply or water works to fully
comply with said order within the time prescribed. As soon as said order
of the State Board of Health, or the modified form of the order of the
court, as hereinafter provided for, shall have been shown, upon investiga-
tion, to have been complied with fully, said board shall issue a written
permit to the individual, firm, institution, corporation or municipal cor-
poration, to furnish water to the public for drinking or domestic purposes.

2. “An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from its passage.