CHAPTER 576

AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered
18-74.1, requiring covers to be kept on certain icells, and pre-
scribing penalties for violations.

[S 287]

Approved April 11, 1950
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of 1950 be amended by adding a. section num-

bered 18-74.1, as follows: ;
§ 18-74.1. Every person owning or occupying any land on

which there is a well having a diameter greater than six inches and
which is more than ten feet deep shall at all times keep the same
covered in such a manner as not to be dangerous to human beings,

animals or fowls. : .
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be

guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be punished
accordingly.