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Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-116 Application for leave to build or raise dam across or in watercourse, cut canal, etc
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A person having upon lands owned by him on a watercourse, or proposing to build on such lands, a water mill, or other machine, manufactory, or engine, useful to the public, and desiring leave to erect a dam across, or in such watercourse (whether he own the lands on either side o…
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-117 Notice required
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Of such application ten days' previous notice shall be given in the manner prescribed in Article 2 (§ 25.1-205 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 25.1 to each tenant, or the guardian, conservator or committee of the tenant, of the freehold of any lands not owned by the applicant, upo…
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-118 Appointment of commissioners; time of meeting
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On proof of the notice, the court shall, by its order, appoint five disinterested freeholders of such county, as commissioners (any three of whom may act), whose duty it shall be to meet on a certain day to be specified in the order, at the lands on which the mill, machine, manuf…
Va. Code Ann. § 62.1-119 Oath of commissioners; duties; report
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The commissioners, before entering upon their duties, shall take an oath faithfully to perform the same, and thereupon shall proceed to inquire and ascertain, if the leave be granted, whether the mansion house of any person, or the outhouses, yard, garden, or orchards thereto bel…