Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-06-18
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|. Be II ERECTED, That il any person o. per-
scns, stall at any time shoot, hunt CT range
upon the lands or teneMents. or lIsh-or towl
In ANY creeks Or waters included within TIC
boands Of any other person or persons without
license first obtained Of the owRer o! such
iaias, every such o9Icrtier shall ioTfelt and
pay three dollars for every sGch offence, to
b. recovered with costs, before any justice OF
tie peace of the. county where tie cfcnce
shall be committed, by the inlorn1eg, to his
own use IN which information, t.e comics
SIGN of the party accused, or the oath of ere
credible witEess, Snail be sufficient evidence.
And whefe the Owner of the land shall prose-
cute Tor any unlawful shooting, hunting, rang
ing, fishing Or toying within lis bounds, the
oath of such ownee shall be sufficient e9idercc
e convict tie offender; but ia that case the
penalty shall be paid to the eversecr CT the
poor Of the district wherein the offender re-
sides, to the use Of the poor Of such district !;
and moreover every such offender shall be lie
able to the action Of the party giieyed, at the
common law, for his or her damages.
2. If any person shall be the third time
Convicted of any such offence as aforesaid, the
Justice Of the peace, before whom such con-
viction shall be, over and above giving judg-
ment for the aforesaid forfeiture, shall re-
quire Sch offender to enter into recogl,izance,
with one or more sufficient snrotes, TO the CO.
vernon for the time being, and his successors,
IN the penalty of thirty dollars fer his good bs-
haviour, during one whole year from thence
next following; or in case of refusal so to do,
shall commit lfsnl TO the common Jail, there
to remain, until he give such securitv, CT un-
til the expiration OF one MONTH. And If after
such security given such offender shall be
convicted Of shooting, limiting, or ranging,
fishing or fowling unlawEully as aforesaid,
ithin the time in his recognizance limiteds
such offence shall be breach offthe good beha~
viour, and the penalty Of bis recogrizance
shall be forfeited to tie oyerseers of the poor,
for the benefit OF the poor Of the district,
wherein such conviction shall be. - 49,.
g. All and every act or acts, within the pur-
view Of this act, shall DC and the same are
hereby repealed. s,-,,... -
4. This act shall commence in force from
and after the passing thereof.
REFUSED Code, Page l52.
No slave shall go from the tenemsnts of
lis master or Other person with whom he
lives, without a pass Or some letter CT token,
whereby it may appear, that hcis proceeding
BY authority from his master, employer or
overseer; if he does it shall be lawful for a.
ny person to apprehend and carry him before
ajustice of the peace, to be by his order pu-
nished with stripes, or not, In his discretion,
And if any slase,shall presume to come &
be upon the plantation of any person whaso-
ever, without leave in wiring, from his or
her ewneror oversscr, not being, sent upon
lawful Business, it shall be lawful for the:own-
or or oyerseer Of such plantation, to give or.
der such slave ten lashesf for every such Of
fence--See Revised Code, page iss, New
Edition.
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