Chap. 500.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2042 of the Code of Virginia,
in relation to damages for trespass by animals, forfeitures, etc., as amended
and re-enacted by acts approved March 1, 1888, March 3, 1896, and February
24, 1898.

Approved April 2, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section two
thousand and forty-two of the Code of Virginia, in relation to damages
for trespass by animals, forfeiture, and so forth, as amended and re-
enacted by acts approved March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight,
March third, cighteen hundred and ninety-six, and February twenty-
fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be amended and re-enacted
so as to read as follows:

§ 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 Jawful fence, or by a river 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 boun-
dary lines of lots or tracts of land have been constituted lawful fences,
the owner or manager of any such animal shall he liable for the actual
damages sustained, if the amount of such damage shall be one dollar or
more, but in no case shall said damage be estimated and assessed at a
sum less than one dollar, and where punitive damages are awarded, the
same shall not execed twenty dollars in any case; and in case of such
entry within that part of Henrico county, Virginia, within three miles of
the corporate limits of the city of Richmond, the minimum amount of
damages assessed in any case shall be two dojlars for cach animal. For
every succeeding trespass the owner or manager of such animal shall be
liable for double damages, both actual and punitive, in no case to be less
than two dollars. After a Judgment of the court a lien upon such animal
shall enure for the benefit of the owner or tenant of such enclosed
ground, and execution shall thereupon issue from the court or justice
rendering the judgment, and the animal or animals so trespassing shall
be levied upon by the officer to whom the execution was issued, who shall
sell the same, as provided for by statute. Whenever any such animal is
found trespassing upon any such enclosed grounds, the owner or tenant
of such enclosed grounds shall have the right to take up said animals
and impound the same until the damages provided for by this act shall
have been paid, or until the same are taken under execution by the officer
as hereinbefore provided, . nd the costs of taking up and impounding
said animal or animals sha { be estimated as a part of the actual damage.
And it shall be the duty of such owner or tenant of said lands so tres-
passed upon, within three days after the taking up and impounding said
animal or animals, unless the damages be otherwise settled, to apply to
a justice of the peace of the district in which said land is situated for
a warrant for the amount of damage so claimed by him, and said justice
shall issue the same, to be made returnable at as early date, not less than
three days, as shall be deemed best by him; and upon the hearing of the
case shall give such judgment as is deemed just and right.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 501—An ACT to cede to the United States government certains lands in
the county of Prince William.

Approved April 2, 1902.

Whereas, in June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, United States
troops took possession of certain lands on the battle-fields of the first and
second Bull Run, in the county of Prince William, and erected thereon
two monuments and dedicated the same in memory of such of said troops
who fell July twenty-first. eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and August
twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth, and thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-
two; and,

Whereas, a bill is now pending before the congress of the United
States authorizing the purchase of the land on which said monuments
stand, and so much of the land surrounding the same as shall he suffi-
cient for their care and permanent protection, and to enable citizens of
the United States and tourists from abroad to study the main points of
historic interest connected with said battles:

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the consent
of this State is hereby given to the purchase of the Henry farm, con-
sisting of one hundred and twentv-eight acres, on which one of the said
monuments stands, and to the purchase of that portion of the Dogan farm,
where the other monument stands, or any portion of the lands adjoining
said farms necessary for the purposes named, and for the location of
necessary roadwavs and approaches to said properties from the public
highwavs: provided, that the quantity of land to be acquired under this
act by the United States shall not be more than two hundred acres.

2. That the jurisdiction of this State over the lands which may be ac-
quired pursuant to the preceding section is hereby ceded to the United
States of America; this provision to take effect as to said lands or any
portion thereof as soon as the United States shali acquire title to the
same.

3. That the State of Virginia hereby reserves concurrent civil and
criminal jurisdiction over any persons who may be at any time on said
ands, and over anv personal property thereon not belonging to the
United States, which personal property and persons shall be lable to
taxation, State or county, as before the passage of this act, and all citi-
zens of this State within said ceded territory shal! be entitled to retain

all deir rights of suifrage and cinzenship: provided, that nothing In this
aet shall interfere with anv laws, rules. or regulations of the United
States which mav at anv time be adopted for the preservation and pro-
tection of its prey rty and rights in said ceded territory and the mainte-
nance of wood orser therein.

4. That said lands and all property of the United States thereon for
the purposes aforesaid are hereby exempted frem all taxes imposed bv
this State or by the county of Prince William so long as the said lands
are held and usd under the authority of the United States.

5. This act ~liall be in force from its passage.