CHAPTER 544

An Act to amend and reenact § 56-405, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the maintenance of grade crossings of publtc
roads and approaches thereto. IH 566]

Approved March 81, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 56-405, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows: ;

6-405. At every crossing, now existing or hereafter established,
of a public road by a railroad or of a railroad by a public road at grade, it
shall be the duty of the railroad company to keep such crossing in good
repair to the full width of the public road, and to maintain such crossing
in a smooth condition so as to admit of safe travel over the same, and it
shall also be the duty of the railroad company to maintain and keep in good
repair that portion of the highway located between points two feet on
either side of the extreme rails. Any railroad company violating the pro-
visions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than two
hundred dollars.

Nothing herein shall be construed as placing a duty on the railroad
company to construct or reconstruct any such crossing in the event any
such crossing is relocated or the highway approaches thereto are widened
or reconstructed.