Chap. 280.—An ACT to amend an act entitled ‘‘An act to revise, simplify, arrange
and consolidate into one act the general game, inland fish and dog statutes of
Virginia, which act shall constitute and be designated anc. cited as ‘The Game,
Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia’.’’, approved Marci 24, 1930, by adding
thereto a new section numbered 45-a, prohibiting the storasre of certain game and
game fish except in bona fide domiciles and licensed cold storage establishments,
prohibiting the possession of certain game and game fish un Jer certain conditions,
and regulating the storage of the same in licensed cold storage establishments.

[S B 300]
Approved March 27, 1940

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That an
act entitled ‘‘An act to revise, simplify, arrange and consolidate into
one act the general game, inland fish and dog statutes of Virginia,
which act shall constitute and be designated and cited as “The Game,
Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia’.”’, approved March twenty-
fourth, nineteen hundred and thirty, be amended by adding thereto a
new section, numbered forty-five-a, which new section shall read as
follows:

Section 45-a. Storage of Game and Fish.—It shall be unlawful
for any person to store any wild birds, wild animals or fish if the sale
of such birds, animals or fish is prohibited by law, except in his bona
fide domicile or in a licensed cold storage establishment. Any licensed
cold storage establishment which shall receive any wild birds, wild
animals or fish, if the sale of such birds, animals or fish is prohibited
by law, shall attach a ticket to each such lot of wild birds, wild animal
or fish showing the number of each kind, the date upon which the
same are brought for storage and the name and address of the person
storing the same. Every such licensed cold storage establishment
shall keep a record of all deliveries of such game and fish so stored,
the dates thereof, the number of each species so delivered and the
name of each person to whom any such delivery is made. Possession
of any wild birds, wild animals or fish which are prohibited by law
to be sold, in any place of business of whatever kind or nature, except
in a licensed cold storage establishment, shall be unlawful.

Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished as provided in section forty-seven of this act.

For the purpose of this section the terms “wild birds,” “wild
animals” and ‘‘fish’’ shall mean all or any part of the carcasses of
any such birds, animals or fish.