The acts of Assembly, now in force, in the colony of Virginia : with an exact table to the whole . rmation, in any Courtof Record of this Dominion, wherein fuch Penalty fliall be cognizable; and that Repealingall and every other Ad and Ads, Claufe and Claufes, heretofore made for or ^^^concerning any Matter or Thing within the Purview of this Ad, fhall be and arehereby repealed. XII. AND be it further ena5led, by the Authority aforefaid, that this Ad Comment,fliall commence and be in Force from and immediately after the tenth Day of Aa. °^ *fune, which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one Thou
The acts of Assembly, now in force, in the colony of Virginia : with an exact table to the whole . rmation, in any Courtof Record of this Dominion, wherein fuch Penalty fliall be cognizable; and that Repealingall and every other Ad and Ads, Claufe and Claufes, heretofore made for or ^^^concerning any Matter or Thing within the Purview of this Ad, fhall be and arehereby repealed. XII. AND be it further ena5led, by the Authority aforefaid, that this Ad Comment,fliall commence and be in Force from and immediately after the tenth Day of Aa. °^ *fune, which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one Thoufand feven Hundredand fifty one. CHAP. XV. Ati ASi for presenting Trefpajfes by unruly HorJeSy Cattle^ Hogs, h;s MajeftySheep, or Goats, and by tahittg away Boats or other Veffels. \Tl\^l^t^ I. Z?£ ^f enadied, by the Lieutenant Governour, Council, and Burgejfes, of this ^ prefent General Afembly, and it is hereby enaSled, by the Authority of the fame, that if any Horfes, Mares, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, or Goats, fliall break Kkk 22 2 Anno Regni vicefimo fecundo GEORGII Secundi Regis. A. D. into any Grounds, being enclofed with a ftrong and found Fence, five Feet high,and fo clofe that the * Beafts breaking into the fame could not creep through, orwith an Hedge two Feet high, upon a Ditch three Feet deep and three Feetbroad, or inftead of fuch Hedge a Rail Fence of two Feet and a Half high, thePledo-e o rFence being fo clofe that none of the Creatures aforefaid can creepthrough, which fhall be accounted a lawful Fence, the Owner of fuch Horfes,Mares, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, or Goats, or any one of them, fliall for the firft Tref-pafs fo committed make Reparation to the Party injured for the true Value of theDamage he fhall fuftain, and for every Trefpafs afterwards double Damages; tobe, recovered, v/ith Coils, in any Court of Record of this Dominion, whereinthe fame fhall be cognizable. Wliere tlie II, PRO FID E D ne-verthekfs, that for a third Offence of any one or may iue fo
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