Hunting

1930
An ACT to repeal all special laws of local application relating to game, inland fish and dogs passed by the general assembly of Virginia which adjourned March 19, 1920, and all such laws passed prior thereto; and certain other laws of local application relating thereto.
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 317 of the acts of 1924, for the protection of foxes in Albemarle, Culpeper, Grayson, Warren, Carroll and Rappahannock counties.
An ACT to repeal chapter 400 of the acts of assembly of 1928, entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter 413 of the acts of 1926, entitled an act to prescribe the open and closed seasons for partridge and deer in the county of Dinwiddie.
An ACT to repeal chapter 143 of the acts of assembly of 1928, entitled an act for the protection of certain game in Spotsylvania county
An ACT to provide for the protection of foxes in the county of Clarke and to make any violation of this act a misdemeanor.
An ACT to regulate the baiting of wild ducks on the Pamunkey
An ACT to regulate the hunting of deer in Sussex county.
An ACT for the protection of squirrels in the county of Stafford.
An ACT for the protection of foxes in Fluvanna county.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new chapter, numbered 126-a, and nine new Code sections, 3165-a, 3165-b, 3165-c, 3165-d, 3165-e, 3165-f, 3165-g, 3165-h and 3165-i, providing for the creation of forest, game, fish and recreation reserves; providing for their care; deferring the payment of taxes thereon; providing for the accrual of such taxes; making all taxes assessed against such area, liens thereon; prescribing the duties of purchasers of the timber; the duties of the department of conservation and development, and the various commissions in that department, and the commission of game and inland fisheries, and their officers and employees; authorizing boards of supervisors to accept the provisions of this act, and providing for all things necessary or incident to the establishment of such forest, game, fish and recreation reserves.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new chapter, numbered 126-a, and nine new Code sections, 3165-a, 3165-b, 3165-c, 3165-d, 3165-e, 3165-f, 3165-g, 3165-h, and 3165-i, providing for the creation of forest, game, fish and recreation reserves; providing for their care; deferring the payment of taxes thereon; providing for the accrual of such taxes making all taxes assessed against such areas liens thereon; prescribing the duties of purchasers of the timber; the duties of the department of conservation and development, and the various commissions in that department, and the commission of game and inland fisheries, and their officers and employees; authorizing boards of supervisors to accept the provisions of this act, and providing for all things necessary or incident to the establishment of such forest, game, fish and recreation reserves.
An ACT to relieve the clerks of the courts of Accomac and Northampton counties from liability for certain money collected for hunting licenses
An ACT for the protection of deer in the county of Prince George.
An ACT to revise, simplify, arrange and consolidate into one act the general game, inland fish and dog statutes of Virginia, which act shall constitute and be designated and cited as “the game, inland fish and dog Code of Virginia.”
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 422 of the acts of assembly of 1926, concerning elk in the counties of Giles, Bland, Pulaski, Montgomery and Craig, as amended by chapter 202 of the acts of assembly of 1928.

1932
An ACT to repeal ani act entitled “an act for the protection of foxes in the county of Halifax,” approved March 21, 1928, and also an act entitled “an act for the protection of all fur bearing animals in the county of Halifax,” approved March Z1, 1928.
An ACT for the protection of fish, squirrels and other game in Buchanan county.
An ACT for the protection of squirrels in the counties of Caroline, Henrico and King George.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8 of an act entitled an act to provide for the protection of wild water fowl in the public waters of Back bay and its tributaries and North Landing river, and along the shores thereof, in the county of Princess Anne, by prescribing the manner in which same may be killed; by regulating the number of batteries, sink boxes, mat blind rigs and other kindred devices which may be used on said waters and along the shores thereof in hunting said water fowl; by providing for the licensing of said batteries, sink boxes, mat blind rigs and other kindred devices; and by providing for the licensing of certain blinds on shore, at the option of the owners thereof, approved March 23, 1928, [H B 370]
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 31 of chapter 247, Acts 1930, relating to permits for breeding wild birds, wild animals and fish.

1934
An ACT for the protection of foxes in the county of Henry, and to prescribe penalties for violations thereof.
An ACT to make it unlawful to shoot, kill or wound any deer at any time in the counties of Bland, Buchanan, Wise, Dickenson, Lee, Scott, Washington, Russell, Tazewell, Wythe, Smyth, Carroll, Grayson, Floyd, Patrick, Montgomery, Pulaski and Giles, and to prescribe penalties for violations thereof.
An ACT to provide for the protection of foxes in the county of Franklin, and to prescribe penalties for violations thereof.
An ACT to authorize the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to sell and convey certain portions of a tract of land in Roanoke county, known as the Fort Lewis mountain haven refuge.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 23 of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, relating to license provisions.
An ACT to define the rights of riparian owners, their lessees and licensees, in tiie counties of Westmoreland, Richmond, Lancaster, Northumberland and Prince George in the matter of the selection of positions for blinds from which to shoot ducks, to provide for the protection of such rights; to prescribe the distances at which such blinds may, and may not, be located from the shore line in the different waters of the Commonwealth and from the property line of other persons, the depth of water in which such blinds may be located, and the distances between blinds; to make it unlawful to erect or maintain blinds at certain places in certain waters; to provide for the issuing of licenses to erect and maintain such blinds, and to prescribe the fees to be paid therefor; and to prescribe penalties for violations of the provisions of this act.
An ACT to make it unlawful for any person, in the county of Halifax, to knowingly or intentionally go, or allow his dogs to go, upon any other person’s private gamne preserve, containing more than 5,000 acres, while hunting or chasing any fox or deer, without permission, and to prescribe penal- ties for violations thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act for the pro-tection of fish, squirrels and other game in Buchanan county, approved March 24, 1932, and to prescribe penalties for violations thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 5 and 6 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter 422 of the Acts of Assembly of 1926, concerning elk in the counties of Giles, Bland, Pulaski, Montgomery, and Craig, as amended by chapter 202 of the Acts of Assembly of 1928, approved March 24, 1930, in relation to the fee for a license to hunt elk and money derived therefrom.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 11 of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, relating to meetings of the commission.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 22 of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, relating to persons entitled to county and State license.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 24 of the Game, Inland Fisk and Dog Code of Virginia, relating to complimentary licenses.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 32 of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, relating to permits to deal in furs.
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 317 of the Acts of 1924, as heretofore amended, for the protection of foxes in Albemarle, Culpeper, Grayson, Warren, Carroll and Rappahannock, Montgomery, Pulaski and Nelson counties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act for the protection of foxes or other fur-bearing or hair-bearing animals in Amelia, Nottoway, Brunswick, Charlotte, Tazewell, Washington and Chesterfield counties, and to provide punishment for the violation thereof, approved March 24, 1926, as heretofore amended.

1936
An ACT to authorize and provide for the licensing, establishment, and regulation of shooting preserves and for the releasing, shooting, possession, and use of upland game birds and animals thereon.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 and to repeal Section 23% of Chapter 247, Acts 1930, relating to the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 49 of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, in relation to hunting, trapping or fishing on privately owned lands in certain counties and sections of the State.
An ACT to make it unlawful to shoot, kill, wound, hunt, chase, or molest, or permit or encourage the hunting, chasing or molesting of any deer at any time in the counties of Bland, Buchanan, Wise, Dickenson, Lee, Scott, Washington, Russell, Tazewell, Wythe, Smyth, Carroll, Grayson, Floyd, Patrick, Montgomery, Pulaski and Giles, and to prescribe penalties for violations thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 32 of chapter 247, acts 1930, relating to permits under the game and fish laws.
An ACT to prescribe the open season for hunting, capturing or killing foxes in the county of Washington.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 60 of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, in relation to defining the word “poultry.”
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “An act to prevent the trapping of foxes in the counties of Albemarle, Nelson and Amherst,” approved March 16, 1920, so as to omit from such act the county of Amherst.
An ACT to release and transfer to the United States all rights pos-
An ACT for the protection of deer and elk in this State by providing for the killing of any dog found to be, or proven to have been, pursuing or tracking any deer or elk in any county in the State; to provide that the owner of any such dog shall have a hearing in certain instances; to prescribe penalties to be imposed upon owners of such dogs; and to provide that this act shall not be operative in any county unless and until adopted by the board of supervisors, or other governing body, thereof.
An ACT to permit the setting of steel traps in Ambherst county at any time.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 31 of chapter 247, Acts 1930, relating to permits.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 46 of Chapter 247, Acts 1930, relating to the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 19-g, in relation to waterfowl hunting on Back Bay and its tributaries, and North Landing river, in Princess Anne county and licenses for blinds, and prescribing penalties; and to repeal chapter 392 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1928 and all acts amendatory thereof, the same being an act to provide for the protection of wild water fowl in the public waters of Back Bay and its tributaries and North Landing river, the title to which is copied at length in the repealing clause of this act.

An ACT to amend Section 16 of Chapter 247, Acts 1930, defining the duties and powers of game wardens.
An ACT to repeal an act regulating the hunting of ducks from blinds in the counties of Westmoreland, Richmond, Lancaster, Northumberland, and Prince George, approved March 27, 1934, and to add a new section to the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 44 of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, relating to the sale of game, and hides and skins.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “An act for the protection of squirrels in the counties of Caroline, Henrico and King George,” approved March 26, 1932, so as to eliminate Caroline and Henrico counties therefrom, and to include the counties of Stafford, Prince William, Spotsylvania and Fairfax therein.
An ACT to amend the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 82-a, authorizing the issuance of permits to individuals for trials of dogs trained, or to be trained, for hunting at night.

1936/1937es
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 22 of the Game, Inland Fish, and Dog Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to license to hunt, trap and fish.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 47 of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, relating to penalties.

1938
An ACT to amend and re-enact Subsections (b) and (c) of Section 19, of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia (Chapter 247, Acts 1930), as amended by Chapter 90, Acts 1936, approved February 29, 1936, relating to fees for hunting and fishing licenses.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 19-f of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia (Chapter 247, Acts 1930), as amended by Chapter 195, Acts 1936, approved March 14, 1936, relating to special fees for hunting big game.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 21 of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to obtaining hunting and fishing licenses.
An ACT to make it unlawful to kill red foxes in Lee county for two years, and to prescribe penalties for violations.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 80 of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, in relation to disposition of dog fund.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “An act for the protection of squirrels in the counties of Caroline, Henrico and King George”
An ACT to prescribe an open season for hunting, capturing and killing foxes in the county of Lunenburg.
An ACT to amend the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered section 24-a, prescribing permits for hunting, fishing, and trapping in the National Forests of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 49 of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, as amended by Chapter 290 of the Acts of 1936, in relation to hunting, trapping or fishing on the lands or waters of another.
An ACT to fix the open season for hunting squirrels in the county of Halifax, and to provide that squirrels may be shot in said county at any time when damaging crops, by landowners and certain other persons.
An ACT to prescribe the open season for shooting foxes in the county of Rockingham.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled "An act to make it unlawful for any person, in the county of Halifax, to knowingly or intentionally go, or allow his dogs to go, upon any other person’s private game preserve, containing more than 5,000 acres, while hunting or chasing any fox or deer, without permission, and to prescribe penalties for violations thereof"
An ACT to enable the Commonwealth of Virginia to take advantage of an Act of Congress of the United States, approved September 2, 1937, entitled “An act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in wildlife-restoration projects, and for other purposes”
An ACT to amend Section 47 of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia (Chapter 247, Acts 1930), as amended by Chapter 32, Acts 1936-1937, approved January 14, 1937, relating to penalties for certain violations of the game and inland fish laws.
An ACT to amend the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 36-a, making it unlawful to kill a deer, except with two prongs on one horn, in the counties west of the Blue Ridge Mountains

1940
An ACT to authorize and empower the boards of supervisors of the counties of Alleghany and Highland, respectively, to fix the open and closed seasons for hunting, with or without dogs, and trapping bear and foxes in each said county, and in any magisterial district thereof, and to further empower the said boards of supervisors to prescribe and enforce penalties, within certain limits, for violations of the seasons so fixed.
An Act to amend and re-enact an act entitled ‘‘An act to make it unlawful to kill red foxes in Lee County for two years, and to prescribe penalties for violations.”
An ACT to repeal chapter 379 of the Acts of 1930 entitled “An Act to regulate the baiting of wild ducks on the Pamunkey River.”
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section, numbered 527-a, authorizing the Virginia Conservation Commission to require permits to be purchased by persons who hunt and trap in certain State forests, to prescribe the form of such permits and the manner of issuance, and to impose certain restrictions and conditions upon hunting and trapping in the State forests; requiring the clerks of certain courts to issue such permits; establishing a special fund of the proceeds derived from the sale thereof, providing for the expenditure of the said fund and making certain appropriations for such purpose; authorizing the Virginia Conservation Commission to enter into certain agreements for game management in the said State forests; and prescribing certain penalties. [SB 41
An ACT designating the open season for hunting, killing and capturing deer in King George County and prescribing penalties.
An ACT to prescribe a continuous open season for the hunting and shooting of foxes in Rockbridge County.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 19-f, as heretofore amended, of an act entitled ‘‘An act to revise, simplify, arrange and consolidate into one act the general game, inland fish and dog statutes of Virginia, which act shall constitute and be designated and cited as ‘The Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia’.”
An ACT to make it unlawful to hunt for any kind of wild game in Caroline County at any time between one-half hour after sunset of any one day and one-half hour before sunrise of the day next following, and to prescribe penalties for violations.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Gate City, in the county of Scott, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith, and to provide for a referendum.
An ACT to make it unlawful for any person to hunt, take, pursue, capture, wound, kill or maim a homing pigeon of another, or to use any trap, device, drug, poison or explosive for such purpose, and to prescribe penalties for violation thereof.
An ACT to regulate, and to provide open seasons for, the hunting and trapping of foxes in the county of Frederick.
An ACT to provide an open season for the hunting and shooting of foxes in the county of Shenandoah.
An ACT to fix and define the open season for hunting squirrels in Scott County.

1942
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 49, as amended, of the Game Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, relating to hunting, trapping and fishing on the property of another.
An ACT to authorize and direct the payment to the County of Henrico, from the special fund in the Treasury to the credit of the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, of a certain portion of certain commissions on collections upon sales of hunting and fishing licenses made by the Clerk of said County; and to authorize and direct the transfer of a certain other portion of said commissions from said special fund to the general fund of the Treasury.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 80 of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended relating to disposition of dog fund.
An ACT to prohibit the hunting of migratory waterfowl from floating blinds in certain of the public waters or marshes of the counties of Essex and Richmeénd, and to prescribe penalties.
An ACT to prohibit trapping with snares and steel traps, in certain named county, or counties, by any one other than the owner of the land, or his licensee; and to prescribe penalty for violation thereof.
An ACT to prescribe the open season for hunting and taking deer east of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
An ACT to make it unlawful to kill red foxes in Scott County for a period of two years, and to prescribe penalties for violation.
An ACT to require a special license for hunting deer and bear in Botetourt county and to provide that fees collected for such license shall be used for the payment of damages to crops and livestock by deer and bear in said county.
An ACT to require a special license for hunting deer and bear in Bath county and to provide that fees collected for such license shall be used for the payment of damages to crops and livestock by deer and bear in said county.
An ACT to make it unlawful to hunt or shoot deer with a rifle, in the counties of Surry and Hanover, and to prescribe penalties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 19-e of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, relating to the licensing of blinds for hunting migratory waterfowl and prescribing conditions for the use to be made thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “An act for the protection of squirrels in the counties of Caroline, Henrico and King George,” approved March 26, 1932, as amended, so as to eliminate the county of Spotsylvania from said act as so amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1 of an Act entitled 'An act to authorize and empower the boards of supervisors of the counties of Alleghany and Highland, respectively, to fix the open and closed seasons for hunting, with or without dogs, and trapping bear and foxes in each said county, and in any magisterial district thereof, and to further empower the said boards of supervisors to prescribe and enforce penalties, within certain limits, for violations of the seasons so fixed.'
An ACT to make it unlawful to kill red foxes in Lee county for a period of two years, and to prescribe penalties for violation.
An ACT to repeal an act entitled "An act to make it unlawful to hunt for any kind of wild game in Caroline County at any time between one-half hour after sunset of any one day and one-half hour before sunrise of the day next following, and to prescribe penalties for violations."