CHAPTER 159

AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section num-
bered 15-856.1, authorizing the governing body of counties
having certain forms of organization and government to
prohibit and provide penalties for certain violations of “re

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Approved March 10, 1950

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of 1950 be amended by adding a section
numbered 15-356.1, as follows:

§ 15-356.1. Additional powers of board.—In addition to
the powers conferred by the preceding section, the board is
authorized and empowered to prohibit any act defined as a
misdemeanor and prohibited by the laws of this State and to
provide a penalty for violations, to the end that such governing
body may parallel by ordinance the criminal laws of this State.