CHAPTER 49

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-707 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
dumps for waste material in counties. fH 92]

Approved September 29, 1956
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

That § 15-707 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 15-707. The governing bodies of counties are authorized in their
discretion to acquire by lease, gift, purchase or condemnation, land in each
or any magisterial district for the purpose of providing a dumping place
for waste material including abandoned automobiles. The area in any
magisterial district, except in the county of Albemarle, is limited to three
acres and no waste material shall be deposited in any such dump of a liquid
or fluid character. In the county of Albemarle the area in any magisterial
district shall not exceed fifteen acres. No deleterious substance, which
might be or become a nuisance to adjoining property, shall be deposited
on such dumps nor any waste material from manufacturing or industrial
plants. The governing bodies of counties are vested with the power of
eminent domain insofar as the exercise of such power is necessary for the
acquisition of lands for the purposes of this section and in the exercise
of such power are vested with such powers and rights as are or which
may hereafter be vested by law in the governing bodies of counties and
the procedure in such condemnation suit or procedure shall be under the
restrictions provided by the general statutes of this State relative to the
condemnation of land so far as the same may be applicable and are not
in conflict with the provisions of this section.

In any county or any magisterial district thereof in which a dump
for waste material has been established as described above, it shall be un-
lawful to dump any such waste material including abandoned automobiles
except with the written consent of the owner of the land. Any person
dumping any waste material including abandoned automobiles, except
on public dumps or with the written consent of the landowner, in any
county in which such a dump has been established shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and punished accordingly.