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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 567 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":145019,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82315,"identifier":"10.1-1112","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/2\/10.1-1112","url":"\/10.1-1112\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1112\/","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/2\/10.1-1112","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notices relating to forest fires and trespasses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1112","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The State Forester shall distribute notices, printed in large letters on cloth or other suitable <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span>, calling attention to the danger of forest fires, to the forest fire <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span>, and to trespass <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> and their penalties, to forest wardens, and to owners of timberland to be posted by them in conspicuous places. 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