Chap. 182.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2108 of chapter 96 of the
Code of Virginia, in relation to unlawful fishing.

Approved March 14, 1906.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
wenty-one hundred and eight of chapter ninety-six of the Code of Vir-
inia, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

$2108. Unlawful fishing.—It shall be unlawful,

First. To kill or capture mountain trout by any process whatsoever in
ny of the waters of this State, at any time except that the board of
upervisors of any county may permit angling with hook and line, under
uch conditions and at such times and places as they may designate; or

Second. When to catch river or pond bass—To kill or capture any
ver bass (commonly called black bass, or black perch), or pond bass
commonly called southern chub), between the fifteenth day of May and
i¢ first day of July of each year, or to shoot or spear the same at any
ime: or

Third. When to buy, sell, or use same.—T’o buy, sell, or make use of
iountain trout, black bass, or pond bass within said prohibited periods,
spectively ; or

Fourth. Prohibition against use of substances injurious to fish.—'I'o
se fish berries, lime, or giant powder, dynamite. or any other explosive
ubstance for the destruction of fish; or knowingly or wilfully to cast any
oxious substance or matter into anv water course of this State, above
de water, by which fish therein may he destroved ; or to place or allow to
pass into the waters of the James or Appomattox rivers, or any of their
tributaries, any lime, gas-tar, or refuse of gas works injurious to fish; 01

Fifth. Prohibition against injury to fish boxes or eggs of fish.—To in-
jure any box, trough, or other contrivance, dam or pond of the fish com-
missioner and his agents, or of any private individual engaged: in the
artificial breeding of fish or injure or molest any fish eggs or young fish
therein. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any of the
waters flowing from this State into Tennessee and Kentucky, nor to
such part of the streams flowing into North Carolina as are east of the
Blue Ridge until the governor of Virginia shall by proclamation an-
nounce that North Carolina has by law prohibited the taking of fish in
such streams by means of traps, seines, or nets.