Chap. 283.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3206 of the Code of Vir-
ginia. [S B 46]
Approved March 17, 1922.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion thirty-two hundred and six of the Code of Virginia be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 3206. Fixing time and manner of catching black bass and
trout in streams west of Blue Ridge mountains.—It shall be unlawful
for any person to catch or destroy, in the waters in any counties
west of the Blue Ridge mountains, or to have in his possession, any
black bass, large or small mouth, between the first day of January
and the first day of July following, or any brook or mountain trout
or rainbow trout between the first day of July and the first day of
Apnil following, or to catch or destroy any of them at any time in any
way except by angling with hook and line, and any black bass,
large or small mouth, or brook or mountain trout or rainbow trout
caught at any time in any way except by angling with hook and line,
shall be returned to the water immediately with as little injury as
possible; but it shall be lawful for any person to use a net commonly
known as a “landing net” to land any black bass or brook or moun-
tain trout or rainbow trout hooked by lawful angling with hook and
line. This section, however, is subject to the following qualifications :
That in the counties of Page,' Warren, Shenandoah, Clarke and Rock-
ingham the closed season for taking black bass, large or small mouth,
from the waters of the Shenandoah river and its tributaries, or having
in possession in said counties any such black bass taken from said
streams, shall be between the first day of January and the fifteenth
day of June following; any person violating this act shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor.