Chap. 842.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an ac
to prevent trapping and seining in New river and its tributaries, approve
February 23, 1894.
Approved March 5, 1896.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec
tion one of an act entitled an act to prevent trapping and seining u
New river and its tributaries, approved February twenty-third, eigh
teen hundred and ninety-four, be amended and re-enacted so ast
read as follows:
§ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, Ths
it shall be unlawful to take any fish from New river and its tributa
ries by means of any trap or seines for a period of four years frou
the passage of this act; provided this act shall not apply to th
waters of Floyd county or the waters of Little river, in the counties o
Pulaskiand Montgomery, or the waters of Carroll and Grayson counties
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.