Chap. 629.—An ACT to make the boundary lines of lots or tracts of land in
Capeville magisterial district, in the county of Northampton, a lawful fence.

Approved March 38, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That on and
after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven,
the boundary lines of each lot or tract of land situated in Capeville
magisterial district, in the county of Northampton, be, and the same
are hereby, declared to be a lawful fence; and on and after the said
first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, it shall not
be lawful for the owner or manager of any horse, mule, swine, sheep,
goat, or cattle of any description to permit the said animals to go at
large beyond the limits or boundaries of his or her own land; and
if any of the animals enumerated herein shall thereafter be per-
mitted or found going at large upon the lands of any person other
than the owner or manager, such owner or manager shall be liable
for all damage or injury done by the said animals to the owner of the
crops or lands upon which they trespass, and shall be subject to the
provisions of sections twenty hundred and forty-two, twenty-hun-
dred and forty-nine, and twenty-hundred and fifty of the code of
Virginia, whether the said animals wander from the premises of their
owner or manager in Capeville magisterial district, in which the
trespass was committed, or from any other magisterial district in
said county.

2. All the provisions of an act entitled an act to allow the voters
of Northampton county to vote on a fence law, approved January
twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, applicable to the said
Capeville magisterial district be, and the same are hereby, repealed,
and all other provisions of said act shall remain in full force as to
the other magisterial districts in said county.

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