Chap. 458.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 42 of the Game, Inland Fish
and Dog Code of Virginia, relating to casting into streams substances injurious
to fish, to omit the counties of Amherst and Nelson, with certain exceptions,

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Approved April 6, 1942 [ 526]

I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section

forty-two of the Game, Inland Fish and Dos Code £ Virgini
amended and re-enacted, as follows: . ° irginia, be

Section 42. Prohibition against use of substances injurious to fish,
—It shall be unlawful to use fish berries, lime: giant powder dynamite nc
any other substance for the destruction of fish, or knowingly cast any
noxious substance or matter into any water course of this State by which
fish therein or fish spawn may be destroyed, or to place or to allow to
pass into the water courses of the State any sawdust, ashes, lime, gas, tar,
or refuse of gas works, injurious to fish; provided, however, that Giles,
Bland and Franklin counties are exempt from the prohibition of permit-
ting sawdust to be put in their water courses when a saw mill is run in con-
nection with a grain mill, and permanently located in a stream of water
used as power toward the operation of the said mill, and provided, further,
that the sawdust pollution from such operation is not sufficient to destroy
fish or fish spawn, and provided, however, in the waters of Piney River
and its tributaries in the counties of Amherst and Nelson, it shall not be
unlawful to run sawdust in those portions:of said stream not inhabited by
trout. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall, on
conviction thereof, be fined for each offense not less than twenty-five nor
more than two hundred and fifty dollars, and be imprisoned in jail until
the fine is paid, but not exceeding thirty days.

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