CHAPTER 91

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section num-
bered 38-279.2, to prohibit the establishment or maintenance of a public
or private dump containing inflammable articles within five hundred
feet of any public bridge constructed of wood and to prescribe penalties
for violation.

[H 368]

Approved February 24, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a new section num-
bered 33-279.2 as follows:

§ 33-279.2. It shall be unlawful for any person to establish or main-
tain a public or private dump containing inflammable articles within five
hundred feet of any public bridge constructed wholly or partly of wood
so as to create a fire hazard to such bridge. Any person violating this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided by law.
Each day of operation in violation hereof shall constitute a separate
offense. An offense hereunder may be enjoined in the manner provided by
law for the abatement of public nuisances.