Chap. 737.—An ACT to prohibit the catching of fish by any person other than
the owner in any private pond or stream in Southampton county.

Approved March 4, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it
shall be unlawful for any person to set any fike, seine, trap, or any
other apparatus for the purpose of catching fish or to catch fish in
any other manner in any private pond or stream of water in South-
ampton county, Virginia, after such person has been warned by the
owner of said pond or stream, or by his or her agent, not to set said
above-mentioned devices for catching fish, or not to attempt by any
means to catch fish in said pond or ponds or streams, nor after the
owner of said pond or stream, or bis or her agent has posted, in at
least two or mure conspicuous places near said pond or stream,
notices that can be easily read, warning all persons not to catch fish
by any means from said pond or stream. Any person violating
this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished
by a fine of not less than five dollars and not more than fifty dollars.

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