Chap. 23.—An ACT to provide for the protection of certain fur-bearing
animals in the county of Loudoun. (H. B. 12.)

Approved February 9, 1916.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
every person desiring to set traps for mink, muskrat, skunk,
opossum, and raccoon in the county of Loudoun shall first pro-
cure a license from the commissioner of the revenue of the mag-
isterial district of said county in which said trapper resides, for
which shall be paid two dollars and fifty cents, such license to
apply only to the open season, which for mink, muskrat and
skunk shall be from the first day of November to the first day
of March, and for opossum and raccoon from the first day of
October to the first day of March.

2 Any person who shall trap any of the animals mentioned
in this act without first having obtained a license therefor, on
any property other than his own, and every person who shall
trap any of the said animals at any time except in the open
season as above set forth shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall be fined five dollars for each offense, one-half of which
lon be paid to the person furnishing proof of the violation of

e law.