Chap. 398.—An ACT to amend and re-enact paragraphs third and sixth of sec-
tion 3356 of the Code of Virginia, relating to unlawful hunting and possession
of game and other birds and animals. {[H B 173]

Approved March 23, 1928

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That para-
graphs third and sixth of section thirty-three hundred and fifty-six of
the Code of Virginia be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

Third. Bag limit (subsection c)—It shall be unlawful for any
person to capture, kill or destroy game birds or game animals in excess
of the following bag limit: -

Wild turkey.—Two a day and six a season.

Pheasants or grouse.—lour a day and twenty a season.

Quail_—Fifteen a day and one hundred and fifty a season.

Squirrels.—Ten a day and one hundred and fifty a season.

Deer.—One a day and two a season.

(Subsection d). It shall be unlawful for any person to capture,
kill or destroy migratory birds in excess of the following bag limit:

Ducks (except wood ducks).—Twenty-five in the aggregate of all
kinds a day and three hundred and fifty a season.

Geese.—Eight in the aggregate of all kinds a day and fifty in a
season.

Brant.—Eight a day and thirty a season.

Rails and gallinules (except sora and coot).—Twenty-five in the
aggregate of all kinds a dav (but not more than fifteen of any one
species) and two hundred and fifty a season in the aggregate.

Sora.—Twenty-five a day and five hundred in a season.

Coot.—Twenty-five a day and two hundred and fifty a season.

Greater and lesser yellowlegs.—Fifteen in the aggregate of both
kinds a day and two hundred a season.

Wilson snipe or jacksnipe—Twenty a day or two hundred and
fifty a season.

Woodcock.—Six a day and twenty-five a season.

Doves (mourning ).— Twenty-five a day and two hundred and fifty
a season.

Bobolinks or reed birds.—No daily or season bag limit.

Provided that should the United States regulations, concerning the
daily bag limit of the above named species of migratory birds be
changed, the provisions of this subsection shall be automatically
changed to conform with the regulations of the United States duly
promulgated.

Game birds and game animals lawfully killed or possessed within
the maximum bag lint in section third (subsectons “c” and “d’’) may
be transported from one county to another within the confines of this
State during the open season.

Sixth. Fines for violation Any person violating any of the provi-
sions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on con-
viction shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor
more than fifty dollars or imprisoned in jail for not more than thirty
days, or both, in the discretion of the justice or court trying the case;
provided that any person guilty of killing a deer or elk which does not
have horns visible above the hair shall be fined ten dollars and an addi-
tional sum of twenty-five dollars if he fails to immediately deliver the
carcass thereof to the regular game warden of the county in which the

same was killed, to be disposed by said warden as hereinafter provided
and, further that any person violating the provisions of subsection ‘“c”’
as to bag limit shall pay a fine of five dollars for each squirrel, quail,
pheasant or grouse; ten dollars for each wild turkey, and fifty dollars
for each deer or elk in excess of the bag limit. The penalty for ex-
ceeding the bag limit in subsection “d” shall be a fine of not less
than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars. Game birds or game
animals killed or captured contrary to law shall be confiscated by the
game warden or other officer and delivered promptly to some charitable
institution or hospital as the commission of game and inland fisheries
may direct.