Chap. 107.—An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 402, of the acts of 1897
and 1898, annulling and re-enacting section 2088 of the Code of Virginia, as
amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter 532 of the
acts of assembly of 1895-96, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section
2088 of the Code of Virginia in relation to hauling seines or setting traps in
the waters of Accomac and Northampton, approved March 3, 1892, approved
February 28, 1896, approved February 18, 1898, approved January 30, 1900.

Approved February 29, 1908.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That an act
entitled an act to amend and re-enact section two thousand and eighty-
eight of the Code of Virginia, in relation to hauling scines or setting
traps in the waters of Accomac and Northampton, approved March
third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and as amended by chapter
five hundred and thirty-two of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-
five and eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and as amended by chapter
four hundred and two of the acts of assembly of eighteen hundred and
ninety-seven and eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, approved February
nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and as amended by
chapter four hundred and two of the acts of assembly of eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-seven and eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, approved
January thirtieth, nineteen hundred, be still further amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

§2088. Hauling seines and setting traps in the waters of Accomac
and Northampton.—No person shall haul seines or set weirs or traps
of any kind for the purpose of taking or catching fish in the waters of
Accomac or Northampton counties at or within the mouth or inlet, or
in any creek, stream or body of water, or in thoroughfares in said
counties between the fifteenth day of May and the first day of September
in any year: provided, it shall be lawful during said prohibited period
to catch fish with draw seines in the waters of the Chincoteague inlet
and its tributaries, Assawoman inlet and its tributaries, Gargatha inlet
and its tributaries, Metompkin inlet and its tributaries in Accomac
county: and provided, the catch of fish shall be for home consumption
and not for sale outside of the county. “Mouth” and “inlet,” as used
in this section, shall be construed as commencing one mile beyond
headlands or marshes bordering on said creeks, streams or bodies of
water. This section shall not apply to taking fish known as “fat back,”
nor be construed to prohibit the hauling of seines for family use in
the waters of the north fork of Old Plantation creek, in the jurisdiction
of Northampton county, within the limits prescribed in chapter two
hundred and eleven of the acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-six
and eighteen hundred and seventy-seven during the months of June,
July and August, nor to interfere with the privilege of taking fish in
Chesapeake Bay. Any person violating the provisions of this section
shall for each offense be fined not less than fifty nor more than one
hundred dollars, and all seines, boats and other appliances used in such
violation shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth.

2. An emergency existing owing to the scarcity of fish for consump-
tion, this act shall take effect from its passage.