CHAP. 629.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2072 of the
code of Virginia in relation to unlawful hunting in the countie
of Alexandria, Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford and King
George. |

. Approved March 8, 1802.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia.
That section two thousand and seventy-two of the code of
Virginia be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 2072. In certain counties.—If any person shoot, hunt
range, or fow] on the lands or in the water courses compre-
hended within the survey of any proprietor of lands in
the counties of Alexandria, Fairfax, Prince William, Staf-
ford and King George, and within five miles of navigable
tide-water, without license in writing from the owner or
tenant of said lands, he shall, besides being liable to such
owner or tenant in an action for damages, forfeit to the
informer three dollars for the first offence, six dollars for
the second offence, and nine dollars for each succeeding
offence, the forfeiture in each case to be double if the
offence be committed in the night or on Sunday; and he
shall likewise forfeit to the informer, in each instance, his
boat or other means of conveyance, his gun, dogs and all
his shooting and hunting apparatus used in the commis-
sion of the offence, and be liable for all costs and ex-
penses incurred in apprehending and prosecuting him for
the recovery of said forfeiture.

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