Act of Mar. 2, 1642, no. 35, VA. CODE (R. & W. & G. Bartow 1823).
"ACT XXXV.
Be it also enacted & confirmed, for the better observation of the Sabbath that no person or persons shall take a voyage vppon the same, except it be to church or for other causes of extreme necessitie vpon the penaltie of the forfeiture for such offence of twenty pounds of tobacco being justly convicted for the same.
Be it further enacted & confirmed, for the better observation of the Saboth and for the restraint of divers abuses committed in the colony by vnlawfull shooting on the Sabbath day as aforesaid, vnles it shall be for the safety of his or their plantations or corne fields or for defence against the Indians, he or they so offending shall forfeit for his or their first offence being thereof lawfully conficted, if he be a freeman the quantity of twenty pounds of tobacco, and if a master to be punished at the discretion of his master, And if masters of any such servants be remisse and negligent in the punishing of his servant for the offence aforesaid he shall be liable to the forfeiture of twenty pounds of tobacco, being justly convicted for the same."
William Waller Hening, ed., The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All of the Laws of Virginia from the First Session of the Legislature in the Year 1619, Published Pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, Passed on the Fifth Day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight, vol. 1 (New York, NY: R. & W. & G. Bartow, 1823), 261. Act 35. Passed March 2, 1642.