CHAPTER 8

Aun Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
10-57.1, authorizing the State Forester to offer reward money for
information leading to the conviction of arsonists or incendiaries
responsible for forest fires in the State. 'S 18)

Approved February 17, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
10-57.1, as follows:

§ 10-57.1. The State Forester shall be authorized, whenever it
appears to him that forest fires in any part of the State are caused by
arsonists or incendiaries unknown, to offer a monetary reward to any
person or persons for information sufficient to procure conviction of the
person or persons responsible for such fire in a court of appropriate juris-

on; provided, however, that no law enforcement officer paid in whole
or in part from public funds or employee of the Division of Forestry shall
be eligible to receive such reward.

All such reward money shall be paid from funds appropriated for the
protection and development of the forest resources of this State, and shall
not exceed either two thousand dollars paid in any one fiscal year or one
hundred fifty dollars paid to any one person for information leading to any
one conviction.

Chapter 8
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
ARTICLE 1

General Provisions
§§ 2.1-65 to 2.1-73
ARTICLE 2
Registration of Names, etc., of Fraternal Benefit Societies
§§ 2.1-74 to 2.1-81