                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TIME WITHIN WHICH APPLICANT MUST ERECT OR REBUILD WORKS; CONSEQUENCE OF FAILURE
(§ 62.1-125)

If the applicant shall not begin his work within one year, and so far finish it
within three years after such leave, as then to have his mill, manufactory,
machine, or engine in good condition for use; or if such mill, manufactory,
machine, or engine, be at any time destroyed or rendered unfit for use, and the
rebuilding or repair thereof shall not within two years from the time of such
destruction or unfitness, be commenced, and within five years from that time be
so far finished as then to be in good condition for use, the title to the land
so circumscribed shall revert to the former owner, his heirs, or assigns, and
the leave so granted shall then be in force no longer, except as provided in §
62.1-126.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 62-104; 1968, c. 659.