                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GENERAL POWERS OF COUNTIES (§ 15.2-1200)

Any county may adopt such measures as it deems expedient to secure and promote
the health, safety and general welfare of its inhabitants which are not
inconsistent with the general laws of the Commonwealth. Such power shall
include, but shall not be limited to, the adoption of quarantine regulations
affecting both persons and animals, the adoption of necessary regulations to
prevent the spread of contagious diseases among persons or animals and the
adoption of regulations for the prevention of the pollution of water which is
dangerous to the health or lives of persons residing in the county.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-8; 1954, c. 529; 1956, cc. 218, 664; 1956, Ex. Sess.,
c. 40; 1958, c. 279; 1960, c. 606; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-510; 1997, c. 587.