Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-06
AN ACT

20 irerent snlazJM Hunting ark Tsnging.
l. Beit enacted, That if any person OF per-
sons, Shall at any time shoot, hunt or range
upon TIE lands or tenemerts, ~ fish or fowl
IN any creeks OF waters inesiide,l within the
bounds OF any ether pccso7, Or persons without
License first obtained Of the cwuer Of such
lands, every such offender shall forfeit and
pay three dollars Tor every such offence, to be
recovered with costs before any Justice Of the
peace of the county where the offence Shall
be committed, BY the iniormegeto his own
use; inwh;ch information, ti.e%cnfession CT
the party accused, or she oath. efene credible
witness. shall be sufficient evidence And
where the owner Of the land shall prosecute
for any unlawful shooting, hunting, ranging,
fishing or foWlin1 within his bounds, the oath
OF such owner snail be sufficient evidence to
convict the offender but in that case the Pc
nalty shall be paid to the oyerscero Of the poor
Of the district wherein the offender resides, to
the use Of the poor ofsuch district; and more
over every such offender shat lie liable to the
action of the party grieved, at the common
law, for his or her damages.
2. If any person shall be the third time
convicted OF any such cMence as aforesaid, the
Justice of the peace, before whom such con-
yiction shall be, over AID above giving udg-
nent for the aforesaid forfeiture, Shall re-
quire such oaenderto enter into ecognizanCe
with one or more sufficient sureties, to the go
vernon for the time being, and his successors,
in the penalty ofthirty dollars ter his good be-
hayiour, daring one whole year from tkence
next following Or in case OF refusal SO to do,
shall commit him TO the common jail, there
to remain, until he give such security, or I'M
til the expiration Of one month. And if after
such security given such offender shall be
convicted OF shooting, hunting, or ranging,
fishing or towing unlawfully as aforesaid,
within the time in his recesnizance limited,
such offence shall be breach ofthe good beha-
viour, and the penalty Of his recognizancG
shall be forfeited to the ovcrseers of the.poor,
for the benefit CT the poor of the district,
wherein such conviction shall De.
All and every act or acts, within the
purview Of this act, shall be and the same are
hereby repealed.
4. This act shall commence in force from
and after the passing thereof.
Revised Code, f,agei52.
No slave shall SO from the tenexnelns OF
his master or other person with whom he,
lives, without pass or some letter or token
whereby it may appear, that he is proceeding
by authority from his master, employer or
overseer; If he does it shall be lawful for any
person to apprehend adal carry him before a
Justice of the peace, to be by his order pu-
nished with stripes, or not, III his discretion.
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And if any slave shall presume to come &
be upon the plantation of any person whatso-
ever, without leave In writing, from his or
her owner or ovsrseer, not being sent upon
lawful business, 1t shallb lawful for the OWN
er or overseer Of such plantation, to give or
order such slave ten lashes for every such of
fence-See Revised Code, page lss, New
Edition..