Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-06-03
An 44st to pyxvsnt u'alaSyfal Hunting
and Raging.

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4. Be II e,sactea, That ifany person or pes.
upon the lands or tenements, :ot fish or: f7si
in amp creeks CT waters included within*tte
bounds of any otherpersolao or persons -wittesH
license first obtained of the ownerrof SIM i
lands, every such offender shall forfeit asa
pay three dollars for every SsQch offence, IS
be recovered with costs, before any justice.ai
the peace of the county Nbere the offes,e. ,
shall be committed, by the snforner, to IN,
own use in which information, tie copt.s :
sion of the party accused, or the cath of-eA :
credible witness, shall be sufficient evidence !.
And where the owner efthe land shall prass :
cute for any unlawful shooting, hunting, rana :
ing, fishing or fowlings within his bounds, tn Q
oath of such owner shaikbesneicent eyiJenc e
toscenp;ct the offender husss in that cass e
penalty Shall be paid stoathc overseer Of TIE
poor of the district wherein the offender re-
sides, to.the use of the poor of such district;
and rnereover every sysehsc hepder shall be Ii
able to tie action. of the party grievcd, at the
common law, for his or her damages.
q If any person shall be the third time
convicted of any such offence as aforesaid, the
Justice Of the peace, before whom such corr
victien shall be, sever and above giving iudg-
ment for the aforesaid forfeiture, SHALL re-
quire such offender te eater into recogjaizance,
with one or faore safficientsureties, to the go-
vernon for the tire being, and his successors,
in:1hc penalty OF thirty dollars for his good be-
llaviour, during enc whole year from thence
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 un-
til the expiration ozone month. And If after
such secutity given such offender shall be
convicted ysof shooting, hunting or ranging,
fishing Iowling unlawfuly as aforesaid,
within the time in his recognizance limited,
sucFsof1ase Shall be breach of the good beha-
yiour, and the penalty of his recognizance
shaIl be forfeited to the O erseefs ofthe poor,
for the benefit Of the poor of the district
wherein such conviction shalliBe.
% All and every act or acts, within the pur-
view of this act, shall De and the same are
hereby repealed
-. This act Shall commence in force from
and after the passing thereof. 9.
Rc1fsed Code, Page ls2.
No slave shall go from the tencments of
his master or other person with whom he
lives. without pass or some letter or token
it may appear, that he is proceeding
BY authority from his master, employer or Z
overseer; if he does it shall be lawful tor az
nv person to apprehcnd and carry him before
! Justice Of the peace, to be by bis order pu-
oishcd with stripes, or not, in his discretion,
And if any slave shall presume to come &
be upon the plantation Of any person whatso-
ever, without leave il wriing, from his or
her owner or oyerseee, not being sent upon
awful business, it shall be laSyiuirfor the 'owns
er or overseer Of such plantation 10 give or
,rder such slave ten lashes for every such
,fcence.-See Repvsed aGoaar, ftasge SO, NeY
Edition.
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