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.

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 goat large beyond the limits or boundaries of his or her own land; and if any of the animals enumerated herein shall thereafter be permitted or found going at large upon the lands of any person other than the owner or manager, such owner or manager shall be liable fur 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-hundred 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eighteen hundred and ninety-six, applicable to the said Capeville magisterial district be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other provisions of said act shall remain in, full, force as to the other magisterial districts in said county.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.