Act of Mar. 2, 1642, no. 11, VA. CODE (R. & W. & G. Bartow 1823).

"ACT XI.

    WHEREAS the rights and interests of the inhabitants are very much infringed by hunting and shooting of divers men vpon their neighbours lands and dividents contrary to the priviledges granted to them by their patents, whereby many injuries do dayly happen to the great damage of the owners of the land whereon such hunting or shooting is vsed, It is therefore enacted and confirmed that if any planter or person shall hunt or shoot vpon or within the precincts or lymitts of his neighbour or other dividend without leave first obtained for his soe doing, and having been warned by the owner of the land to forbear hunting and shooting as aforesaid. He or they soe offending shall forfeit for everie such offence foure hundred pounds of tobacco, the one halfe to the owner of the land, the other halfe to publick vses—Notwithstanding it shall and may be lawfull for any person or planter to hunt and shoot upon any dividend of land not being planted or seated without any restraint or penalty, Provided that the lymitts of everie dividend be bounded with certain and noted marks. Provided also that it shall be lawfull for any person having shott a deare or other game without the lymitts of any man’s land to pursue the said deare or game into the dividend of another man, and freely to carry away the same without any trespass against the owner or proprietor of the said land and without incurring the penalty of this said act."