An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-299, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to devices signalling intention to turn or stop and rules therefor.
Volume 1968 Law 99
Volume | 1895/1896 |
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Law Number | 382 |
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Chap. 382.—An ACT to prevent the extermination of game in Clarke county.
Approved February 19, 1896.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it
shall be unlawful for any person to kill or capture any wild turkeys,
pheasants (or ruffled grouse) in the county of Clarke, from the date
of the passage of this act until the first day of November, eighteen
hundred and ninety-eight, or to offer for sale any wild turkeys, phea-
sants (or ruffled grouse), so unlawfully killed or captured in said
county within the aforesaid period.
2. Any person violating this act shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and fined ten dollars for each offence, and imprisoned in
jail until the fine be paid, but not exceeding thirty days.
3. In any prosecution of a person for a violation of this act, proof
of the possession of any such wild turkey, pheasant (or ruffled grouse )
shall be prima facie evidence of his guilt.
4. The operation of section twenty hundred and seventy-nine of
the code of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and any acts amend-
atory thereto, so far as it relates to the particular game hereinbefore
enumerated, and in conflict with this act, is hereby suspended in the
county of Clarke until the first day of November, eighteen hundred
and ninety-seven.
5. This act shall be in force from its passage.