Chap. 127.—An ACT for the protection of sheep in the county of Hanover by
making the owner, or other person in whose control or about whose house a
dog usually stays, liable to the owner of sheep killed, maimed or worried by
such dogs, for damages for such killing, maiming or worrying.

Approved January 23, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That when
any inhabitant of the county of Hanover shall have any sheep
killed, maimed, or worried by any dog, the owner or other person in
whose possession or under whose control the said dog is, at the time
of such killing, maiming, or worrying, or about whose house the
said dog usually stays, shall be liable jointly and severally, to pay
to the owner of said sheep so killed, maimed, or worried, damages
therefor to be recovered by the usual legal remedies; provided, how-
ever, that the said damages shall not exceed the assessed value of
the said sheep.

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