CHAPTER 305

An Act to amend and reenact Chapter 39, as amended, of the Acts of
Assembly of 1942, relating to prohibition of hunting of migratory
waterfowl from floating blinds in certain counties, and prescribing
penalties.

[S 198]

Approved March 31, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That Chapter 39, as amended, of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, be
amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 1. It shall be unlawful to hunt any migratory waterfowl from
floating blinds, as defined in § 29-88 of the Code of Virginia in the
counties of Caroline, King George, Essex, Westmoreland and Richmond
in any of the public marshes, guts, streams, branches, creeks or bays,
including among others Green Bay and Port Tobago Bay, flowing into
the Rappahannock River or into any of its tributaries, or in Buckner’s
Creek, Nomini Creek, and Nomini Bay, flowing into the Potomac River
or into any of its tributaries.

Any person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty
nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars or by confinement in jail
for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.