An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-299, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to devices signalling intention to turn or stop and rules therefor.
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Volume | 1950 |
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Law Number | 303 |
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CHAPTER 303
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 56-407, of the Code of 1950 re-
lating to signs at railway crossings so as to change the form
required.
{H 481]
Approved April 4, 1950
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 56-407 of the Code of 1950 be amended and reenacted
as follows:
§ 56-407. Construction and maintenance of “slow down” signs
at crossings.—Except in cities and towns it shall be the duty of
steam railway companies to erect and maintain, at or near every
point where a public highway crosses such railway at grade, and
on which line trains other than purely local trains are operated,
a sign or signs, visible on each side of its tracks with the words
“slow down to 5 miles—Va. law”, in letters at least six inches in
height, painted in black upon a white background. Such signs shall
be rectangular in shape, and of sufficient height to carry in two
lines the words above required, and shall be of proportionate
length. Provided, however, that in the case. of crossing signs now
being maintained hy railroad companies in conformance with erist-
ing law, such companics shall have until July 1, 1952, to effect
changes in such signs to conform to the provisions hereof.