CHAPTER 402

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section
numbered 15-20.7, to authorize and permit certain counties, citres
and towns to construct dams in and across the beds of navigable
streams in the state under certain circumstances. '$ 315]

Approved March 30, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding thereto a new
section numbered 15-20.7 as follows:

§ 15-20.7. Any county, city or town authorized by its charter or by
general law to construct a dam in connection with its public water
supply system and which has secured permission from the Chief of
Engineers and the Secretary of the Army and authorization of the At-
torney General of Virginia with the consent and approval of the Governor,
is hereby authorized and granted the right to construct such dam in
and across the bed of any navigable river, stream or tributary in this
state.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.