CHAPTER 145

An Act to amend and reenact § 8-588.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to the definition of certain terms.
[H 379]

Approved March 2, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
ts That § 3-583.1 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as

ollows:

§ 3-583.1. As used in this article unless the context requires a
different meaning:

(a) “Poultry” means all chickens, ducks, turkeys, or other domestic
fowls being raised or kept on any premises in the State for profit.

(b) “Dead poultry” means poultry, exclusive of those intentionally
slaughtered, which die as a result of disease, injury, or of natural causes,
upon any premises in the State.

(c) “Person” means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or
institution which engages in the raising or keeping of poultry for profit
in this State.

(d) “Raising or keeping of poultry for profit” means the raising or
keeping of * five hundred or more poultry at one time for the purpose of
sale of such poultry or the eggs produced therefrom.
(e) “Disposal pit” means an opening dug in the ground to a minimum
depth of six feet, containing a minimum capacity of one hundred fifty
cubic feet, covered with a minimum of twelve inches of dirt, and provided
with one or more openings for the introduction of poultry therein; said
openings to be of a minimum size of eight inches square and equipped
with tight lids.

(f) “Incinerator”? means a firebox constructed of masonry or metal
in which dead poultry is burned by the use of fuel.

(g) “Disposal” means the complete destruction of a poultry in an
incinerator and/or their proper disposition in a disposal

(h) “Premises” means the entire tract of land, including but not
limited to the buildings thereon, owned, leased or used by any person for
the raising or keeping of poultry for profit.