Chap. 56.—An ACT in reference to fences in Princess Anne county.
Approved February 3, 1882.

Whereas by an act of the general assembly of Virginia,
approved March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-
five, the judge of the county court of Princess Anne was
required to submit the question of continuing or repea'ing
the fence law to the voters of said county at the first genera
election held thereafter, and from the returns and abstracts
of votes so cast on the question of continuing or repealing the
fence law in said county, it appeared that three-fifths of the
qualitied voters of the said county aforesaid voting upon the
question, were in favor of continuing the fence law, and that
the said three-fifths included a majority of the votes cast by
free-holders at such election and a majority of the registered
voters of the county; and whereas the general assembly, to
enforce the will ot the people of the said county, as expressed
by the vote aforesaid, ‘on the sixteenth day of February,
eighteen hundred and eighty, enacted that any person pull-
ing down and leaving down his fences in violation of said
act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,” which act
has been so construed by the courts, that only those persons
who, since the sixteenth of February, eighteen hundred and
eighty, have pulled down and left down their fences, are sub-
ject to the penalties of the act; and whereas those persons
whose fences were down prior to the sixteenth of February,
eighteen hundred and eighty, not being subject to the penal-
ties of said act, still keep down their fences in defiance of the
will of the people, and enforce their claim to keep down their
tences by killing stock, found upon their unenclosed lands;
and whereas it is highly expedient in the best interests of
the people of said county to secure such legislation pertain-
ing thereto, as will thereby tend more effectually to carry
out the expressed will of the people to continue the fence
law, which require all persons to fence their cultivated lands
for the protection of their crops against stock running at
large, and likewise to restore and enhance the general pros-
perity and pecuniary interests of the people of said county ;
therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall be the duty of every person cultivating lands in the
county of Princess Anne, whether the owner or the tenant
of the owner, to erect and keep around all lands cultivated
by him or her, a fence such as is described in section one of
chapter ninety-seven of the Code of eighteen hundred and
seventy-three, to protect his crops against any horses, cattle,
hogs, sheep, or goats, running at large.

2 That every person cultivating lands in the county of
Princess Anne who fails to comply with the first section of
this act within six months from its passage, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine, in the dis-
cretion of the jury, of not less than one dollar for each day
of his failure to comply, and imprisonment in the discretion
of the court.

3. If any person injured by stock for want of such fence,
shall hurt, wound, lame, kill, or destroy, or cause to be hurt,

wounded, lamed, killed, or destroyed, by shooting, hunting
with dogs, or otherwise, any horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, or
goats, he, she, or they so offending, shall pay and satisfy the
owner of the ‘animal injured, double damages, with costs, and
if the animal be killed, double the value of the animal, with
costs, recoverable in any court having jurisdiction of the
amount of damages. And in any action under this section,
the finding of the animal killed’ upon the lands of any per-
gon whose lands are not enclosed as provided in the first sec-
tion, shall be prima facie evidence of the liability of such
person under this section.

4. The provisions of section eight of chapter ninety-seven,
as to stock trespassing on lands enclosed with a lawful fence,
are not intended to be repealed, but are to continue in full
force in the county of Princess Anne.

5. That it shall be the duty of the county judge of Prin-
cess Anne county to charge the grand juries in his court, spe-
cially to inquire into the violation of this act. And it shall
be the duty of every justice of the peace, sheriff, constable,
or other county officer of said county, knowing of the viola-
tion of the provisions of this act, to give information thereof
to the grand jury.

6. All fines imposed under this act shall be paid to the
treasurer of the county of Princess Anne, for the use of the
free schools of the said county; and either the prisoner or
the commonwealth shall be entitled to prosecute a writ of
error or supersedeas to the circuit court, and thence to the
court of appeals, in any decision made under this act.

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

Chap. 56.—An ACT to incorporate the Star Light Society of Dover
district, Goochland county, Virginia.

Approved April 18, 1882.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
John J. Harris, Lysander Grantum, James Carroll, Simon
Cousins, William White, John Henry, and their associates,
be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate,
with perpetual succession, by the name and style of The
Star ight Society of Dover district, Goochland county,
Virginia, and by that name are ‘hereby made capable, in law
and equity, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded,
contract and be contracted with, to make, have, and use a
common seal, and to alter or renew the same at pleasure,
and shall have the right to take and hold, by purchase, gift,
or otherwise, real and personal estate, not exceeding two
thousand dollars in value, or so much thereof as may be
necessary to carry out the objects of this society, and to dis-

se of and convey the same at pleasure.

2. The objects of this society are entirely benevolent, and
shall be established for the purpose of encouraging a high
standard of morality, lightening the burdens of the poor,
abating privation and suffering, and providing relief for
widows and orphans by voluntary contributions.

3. Any one between the ages of eighteen and seventy
years, of good moral repute, and whose application may be
approved ion accordance with the by-laws of said society,
may become a member thereof.

4. The corporators shall elect from their own members a
general superintendent, secretary, and treasurer, and appoint
all other subordinate officers and agents necessary to conduct
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the affairs of the socioty, prescribe their duties, and affix such
compensation for their services as it may deem proper.

5. The corporators shall adopt such by-laws and regula-
tions as may be necessary for the government of the society,
fill all vacancies in their own body, and of the officers and
agents, that may occur by death, resignation, or otherwise,
and five of them shall constitute a quorum to do business.

6. A misnomer of the corporation in any deed, gift, grant,
or devise in any instrument or contract, shall not vitiate the
same, if the corporation shall be sufficiently described thercin
to ascertain the intention of the parties.

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

Chap. 56.—An ACT in reference to fences in Princess Anne county.
Approved February 3, 1882.

Whereas by an act of the general assembly of Virginia,
approved March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-
five, the judge of the county court of Princess Anne was
required to submit the question of continuing or repea'ing
the fence law to the voters of said county at the first genera
election held thereafter, and from the returns and abstracts
of votes so cast on the question of continuing or repealing the
fence law in said county, it appeared that three-fifths of the
qualitied voters of the said county aforesaid voting upon the
question, were in favor of continuing the fence law, and that
the said three-fifths included a majority of the votes cast by
free-holders at such election and a majority of the registered
voters of the county; and whereas the general assembly, to
enforce the will ot the people of the said county, as expressed
by the vote aforesaid, ‘on the sixteenth day of February,
eighteen hundred and eighty, enacted that any person pull-
ing down and leaving down his fences in violation of said
act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,” which act
has been so construed by the courts, that only those persons
who, since the sixteenth of February, eighteen hundred and
eighty, have pulled down and left down their fences, are sub-
ject to the penalties of the act; and whereas those persons
whose fences were down prior to the sixteenth of February,
eighteen hundred and eighty, not being subject to the penal-
ties of said act, still keep down their fences in defiance of the
will of the people, and enforce their claim to keep down their
tences by killing stock, found upon their unenclosed lands;
and whereas it is highly expedient in the best interests of
the people of said county to secure such legislation pertain-
ing thereto, as will thereby tend more effectually to carry
out the expressed will of the people to continue the fence
law, which require all persons to fence their cultivated lands
for the protection of their crops against stock running at
large, and likewise to restore and enhance the general pros-
perity and pecuniary interests of the people of said county ;
therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall be the duty of every person cultivating lands in the
county of Princess Anne, whether the owner or the tenant
of the owner, to erect and keep around all lands cultivated
by him or her, a fence such as is described in section one of
chapter ninety-seven of the Code of eighteen hundred and
seventy-three, to protect his crops against any horses, cattle,
hogs, sheep, or goats, running at large.

2 That every person cultivating lands in the county of
Princess Anne who fails to comply with the first section of
this act within six months from its passage, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine, in the dis-
cretion of the jury, of not less than one dollar for each day
of his failure to comply, and imprisonment in the discretion
of the court.

3. If any person injured by stock for want of such fence,
shall hurt, wound, lame, kill, or destroy, or cause to be hurt,

wounded, lamed, killed, or destroyed, by shooting, hunting
with dogs, or otherwise, any horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, or
goats, he, she, or they so offending, shall pay and satisfy the
owner of the ‘animal injured, double damages, with costs, and
if the animal be killed, double the value of the animal, with
costs, recoverable in any court having jurisdiction of the
amount of damages. And in any action under this section,
the finding of the animal killed’ upon the lands of any per-
gon whose lands are not enclosed as provided in the first sec-
tion, shall be prima facie evidence of the liability of such
person under this section.

4. The provisions of section eight of chapter ninety-seven,
as to stock trespassing on lands enclosed with a lawful fence,
are not intended to be repealed, but are to continue in full
force in the county of Princess Anne.

5. That it shall be the duty of the county judge of Prin-
cess Anne county to charge the grand juries in his court, spe-
cially to inquire into the violation of this act. And it shall
be the duty of every justice of the peace, sheriff, constable,
or other county officer of said county, knowing of the viola-
tion of the provisions of this act, to give information thereof
to the grand jury.

6. All fines imposed under this act shall be paid to the
treasurer of the county of Princess Anne, for the use of the
free schools of the said county; and either the prisoner or
the commonwealth shall be entitled to prosecute a writ of
error or supersedeas to the circuit court, and thence to the
court of appeals, in any decision made under this act.

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

Chap. 56.—An ACT to incorporate the Star Light Society of Dover
district, Goochland county, Virginia.

Approved April 18, 1882.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
John J. Harris, Lysander Grantum, James Carroll, Simon
Cousins, William White, John Henry, and their associates,
be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate,
with perpetual succession, by the name and style of The
Star ight Society of Dover district, Goochland county,
Virginia, and by that name are ‘hereby made capable, in law
and equity, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded,
contract and be contracted with, to make, have, and use a
common seal, and to alter or renew the same at pleasure,
and shall have the right to take and hold, by purchase, gift,
or otherwise, real and personal estate, not exceeding two
thousand dollars in value, or so much thereof as may be
necessary to carry out the objects of this society, and to dis-

se of and convey the same at pleasure.

2. The objects of this society are entirely benevolent, and
shall be established for the purpose of encouraging a high
standard of morality, lightening the burdens of the poor,
abating privation and suffering, and providing relief for
widows and orphans by voluntary contributions.

3. Any one between the ages of eighteen and seventy
years, of good moral repute, and whose application may be
approved ion accordance with the by-laws of said society,
may become a member thereof.

4. The corporators shall elect from their own members a
general superintendent, secretary, and treasurer, and appoint
all other subordinate officers and agents necessary to conduct
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the affairs of the socioty, prescribe their duties, and affix such
compensation for their services as it may deem proper.

5. The corporators shall adopt such by-laws and regula-
tions as may be necessary for the government of the society,
fill all vacancies in their own body, and of the officers and
agents, that may occur by death, resignation, or otherwise,
and five of them shall constitute a quorum to do business.

6. A misnomer of the corporation in any deed, gift, grant,
or devise in any instrument or contract, shall not vitiate the
same, if the corporation shall be sufficiently described thercin
to ascertain the intention of the parties.

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