An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-299, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to devices signalling intention to turn or stop and rules therefor.
Volume 1968 Law 99
Law Body
Chap. 319.—An ACT for the protection of deer and elk in this State by pro-
viding for the killing of any dog found to be, or proven to have been, pur-
suing or tracking any deer or elk in any county in the State; to prov ide that
the owner of any stich dog shall have a hearing in certain instances ; to pre-
scribe penalties to be imposed upon owners of such dogs; and to provide that
this act shall not be operative in any county unless and until adopted by the
board of supervisors, or other governing body, thereof. [S B 303]
Approved March 26, 1936
1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, as follows:
Section 1. It shall be the duty of any game warden, deputy game
warden, or any other officer charged by law with the duty of protecting
game in this State, who may find any dog chasing, pursuing or follow-
ing upon the track of, any deer or elk for a distance of one-half mile,
or more, to kill such dog forthwith, whether such dog bears a tag or not.
Any such game warden or other such officer who shall at any time
have good reason to believe that any dog has been, within the last pre-
ceding three months, in the habit of chasing, pursuing, or following
upon the track of, any deer or elk, although not seen by him in the act,
or to whom complaint shall be made, under oath, by any person, that
any dog has been seen, or known to have been, chasing, pursuing, or
following upon the track of, any deer or elk for a distance of one-half
mile or more, within a period of three months next preceding the making
of such complaint, shall apply to a proper officer of the county, or city,
wherein such dog may be, who shall issue a warrant, and proceedings
shall be had thereon, all in conformity, so far as may be practicable,
with the provisions of section seventy of the Game, Inland Fish and
Dog Code of Virginia.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, (a) to own, or have
in his custody, any dog known by such person to have, so chased,
pursued or followed upon the track of, any deer or elk within the time
and for the distance, prescribed in the preceding section, or known by
him to have killed any deer or elk within such period; or, (b) if such
fact be not personally known by him, to own, or keep in his custody,
any such dog for a longer period than two days after he shall have
been given written notice of such fact by any game warden who has
knowledge of same.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section
shall be punished by a fine of twenty-five dollars for each deer, and
fifty dollars for each elk, any such dog so owned, or had in custody by
such person, in violation of this section, shall be shown to have chased,
pursued, or followed, within the time and for the distance prescribed
in section one of this act; and by a fine of fifty dollars for each deer,
and one hundred dollars for each elk, shown to have been killed within
such time, by any such dog so owned, or had in custody, by such person,
in violation of this section. Provided, that the provisions of this act
shall only be effective in counties having a population of more than
thirty-seven thousand and not more than forty thousand according to
the last preceding United States census.
Section 3. The provisions of this act shall not be, or become,
effective in any county unless and until it shall be adopted by the board
of supervisors, or other governing body thereof by a resolution ap-
proved by a majority of all the members of such board, or governing
body.