Chap. 176.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3192 of the Code of Virginia,
as heretofore amended. [H B 116]

Approved March 14, 1924.

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

Section 3192. Dams, et cetera; to be provided with suitable fish-
way.—Any person or corporation owning or having control of any dam
or other obstruction in any of the rivers of this State above tidewater,
which may interfere with the free passage of fish, shall provide every
such dam or other obstruction with a suitable fish ladder, so that
fish may have free passage up and down said rivers during the months
of March, April, May and June of each year, and maintain and keep the
same in good repair, and restore it in case of destruction; provided,
however, that this section shall not apply to the Meherrin river within
the county of Brunswick and Greensville, nor to the Meherrin river
within or between the counties of Lunenburg and Mecklenburg, nor to
any streams within the counties of Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Louisa,
Buckingham, Halifax, Montgomery, Grayson, Pulaski, Franklin, Rus-
sell, Wythe and Washington, nor to that part of any stream that forms
a part of the boundary of Halifax and Franklin counties.