Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-05
AN ACT

10 f'7avent -anfa7tfns Au'lffilg a,m Rczgingv
!. Sc II enec5ea, .ThEt il any person OF pep
sons, shall at any tine shoot, hunt or range
upon the lands:or teneraeats, or fish or fowl
in any creeks or waters included within the
bounds ct any ctherperson or persons without
license first obtained Of the .ewner Of such
lands, every such oaender shall forfeit and
pay three dollars for every suck offence, to be
recovered with costs before any Justice ofthe
peace OF the county where the offence shall
be committed, by the informcr, to his own
use N which iu.orIaatien, che confession Ct
tie party accused, or the cath Of one credible
witness, shall be sufficient evidence And
where the owner OF the land shall prosecute
for any unlawful shooting hunting, ranging,
fishing or towing within lis bounds, the oath
of such owner shall be sufficient evidence to
convict tie offender; Eut IN that case the pc
nalty shall be paid to the oycrscer OF the poor
of the district wherein, the offender resides, to
the use ofthe poor otsnch district and more
over every slich offender shall be liable to the
action OF the party gcicyed, at the common
law, for his or her damages
2. II any person snail be the third time
convicted q any S.sch offence as aforesaid, the
justice OF the peace, before whom sucn con-
yiction shall be, over and above giving iadg-
ment for tao aforesaid forfeiture, shall re-
qnre such offender to- enterinto rsoognizanee
with one or nesc sufficient sureties, to the eo-
vernon for the time being, and his successors,
in the penalty Of thirty dollars Tor his geodbe-
haviour, during one whole year from thence
next following crsln case OF refusal so to- do,
shall commit him to the common Jail, there
to remain, until be give such security, or,un-
til the expiration Of oec month. And if after
such security given such offender shall be
convicted of shooting, hunting, or ranging,
fishing or pwling unlawfulIy as aforesaid,
within the time IN his recognizance limited,
such offence Shall be breach of the good beha-
viour, and the penalty of his recognizance
shall be forfeited to the ,overseers OF the poor,
for the bench. of the poor of the district,
wherein such conviction shall be.
3 All and every act or acts, within the
purview- Of this act, shall be and the same are
hereby repealed
f. This act shall commence in force from
and after the passing thereof.
REVISED Code, hageI52.
no slave shall go from the tenements of
his master Or other person with whom he
lives, without pass or some letter or token
whereby it may appear, taathe is proceeding
by authority from his master, employer or
overseer; if he does it Shall be lawful for any
person to apprenend and carry him before a
justice ofthe peace, to be by his order pu-
nished with stripes, Or not, in his discretion.
And ifany slave shall presume to come &
be upon the plantation Of any person whatso-
ever, without leave ill writing, from his or
her owner or cverseer, 10 ing sent upon
lawful business, il snallbe lawful for the owns
er or overseer Of such plantation, to give or
erlepssuch SLAVE ten iashes for every such Of
fence Sec Revised Code, page kss, New
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