Chap. 733.—An ACT to protect game in the county of Bedford.

Approved March 4, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by. the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall
be unlawful for any person to kill partridges or quail (other than on
his premises), or to capture or offer for sale quail (or partridges), or
destroy their nests or eggs anywhere in the county of Bedford, from
the date of the passage of this act until the first day of November,
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.

2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined for each offence
not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, and in default of
payment of fine shall be confined in jail until the same be paid, but
not exceeding thirty days.

3. The possession of any quail (or partridges), or their eggs, shal]
be prima facie evidence of the violation of this act.

4. This act shall be in force from its passage.