Chap. 294.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2080 of the Code of Vir-
a - e~ to honuling seines or setting traps in the waters of Acco-
mac and Northampton, approved March 3, 1892, and as amended by
chapter 532 of the acts of 1895 and 1896, and as amended by chapter 402
of the acts of assembly of 1897 and 1898, approved February 19, 1898,
and as amended by chapter 402 of acts of assembly of 1897 and 1898,
approved January 13, 1900. and as amended by chapter 107 of acts of
assembly of 1908, approved February 20, 1908.

Approved March 16, 1910.

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 seines 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 hun-
dred and ninety-seven and eighteen and ninety-eight, approved Feb-
ruary nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and as amended
by chapter four hundred and two of acts of assembly of eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-seven and eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, approved
January thirtieth, nineteen hundred, and as amended by chapter one
hundred and seven of acts of assembly of nineteen hundred and eight,
approved February twentieth, nineteen hundred and eight, be still fur-
ther 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, be-
tween 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 on eastern or ocean side of Accomac and North-
ampton counties: provided, the catch of fish shall be for home consump-
tion, and not for sale outside of the county: and provided further, the
seines, weirs and traps shall not be of a smaller mesh than two inches,
stretched measure. “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 “fatback,” nor be construed to pro-
hibit the hauling of seines for family use in the waters of the north fork
of Ols 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 per-
son violating the provisions of this section shall for each offense be
fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and
all seines, weirs and traps, boats and other appliances used in such vio-
lation 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.

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