Chap. 93.—An ACT for the establishment of State game sanctuaries in this
State. {S B 41]
Approved February 25, 1922.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
any Iandowner or landowners may enter into an agreement with the
commissioner of the department of game and inland fisheries to permit
his or their lands to be used as State game sanctuaries for a period
of not less than three years, and that on any land: so assigned, it
shall be unlawful for any person to kill or capture or disturb any
wild animal or to kill or capture or disturb any wild birds, its eggs,
nests, or young, without obtaining a permit from the commissioner of
game and inland fisheries to do so, and the said commissioner is
authorized only to give permits to kill predatory animals and birds
on such sanctuaries.

All lands tendered the State as aforesaid shall be conspicuously
posted as State game sanctuaries, and any person by trespassing or
hunting on same shall be deemed to have committed a misdemeanor,
and when convicted shall be punished by a fine of not less than
twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or committed
to jail for not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of
the justice or jury trying the case. .

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