Chap. 671.—An AQT to amend and re-enact section 2042 of the code of Vir-
ginia in relation to damages for trespass by animals, forfeited, &c., as amended
and re-enacted by an act approved March ILst, 1888

Approved March 8, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion two thousand and forty-two of the code of Virginia in relation
to damages for trespass by animals, forfeiture, and so forth, as amend-
ed and re-enacted by an act approved March first, eighteen hundred
and eighty-eight, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as fol-
lows;

8 2042. Damages for trespass by animals; forfeiture, and so
forth.—If any horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep or goats shall enter
into any grounds enclosed by a lawful fence, or by ariver or stream,
or any part thereof, which is by law a lawful fence, or into any grounds,
in counties or magisterial districts, or selected portions thereof,
wherein the boundary lines of lots or tracts of land have been con-
stituted lawful fences, the owner or manager of any such animal
shall be liable for every such entry to a fine of not less than one nor
more than twenty dollars, and, in addition, shall be liable to the
owner or tenant of such grounds, as the case may be, for any damage
sustained. For every succeeding trespass by such animal the owner
or manager thereof shall be liable to the owner or tenant of the said
grounds for double damages; and after having given at least five
days’ notice of the fact of two previous trespasses, the owner or ten-
ant of the said grounds shall be entitled to such animal, if it be
found again trespassing therein. But so far as relates to that part
of Henrico county, Virginia, within three miles of the corporate
limits of the city of Richmond, in addition to the above damages
the owner or manager of every such animal shall be liable for every
such entry to a fine of two dollars for each animal. ,

And the tenant or owner, or their agents, of any such land so tres-
passed upon shall have the right to take up and confine every such
animal so trespassing and hold the same until the fine imposed un-
der this act, together with the cost of taking up and confining such
animal, shall have been paid.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.