Chap. 221.—An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 402 of the acts of 1897
and 1898, annulling and re-enacting section 2088 of the code of Virginia,
as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter
532 of the acts of assembly of 1895-’96, entitled an act to amend and re-
enact section 2088 of the code of Virginia, in relation to hauling seines or
setting traps in the waters of Accomac and Northampton, approved March
3, 1892, approved February 28, 1896, approved February 18, 1898.

Approved January 30, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That an act
entitled an act to amend and re-enact section two thousand and eighty-
eight of the code of Virginia, in relation to hauling seines or setting
traps in the waters of Accomac and Northampton, approved March third,
eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and as amended by chapter five hun-
dred and thirty-two of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-five and
eighteen hundred and ninety-six,and as amended by chapter four hundred
and two of the acts of assembly of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven
and eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, approved February nineteenth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be still further amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

< 2088. Hauling seines and setting traps in the waters of Accomac
and Northampton.—No person shall haul seines or set weirs or traps
of any kind for the purpose of taking or catching fish in the waters of
Accomac or Northampton counties at or within the mouth or inlet, or
in any creek, stream or body of water, or in thoroughfares in said coun-
ties between the fifteenth day of May and the first day of September
in any year: provided, it shall be lawful during said prohibitive period to
catch fish with draw-seines in the waters of the Chincoteague inlet and
its tributaries, Assawoman inlet and its tributaries, Gargatha inlet and
its tributaries to the head of Metompkin bay to the lower end of what
is known as Wire Passing, in Accomac county: and provided, the catch of
fish shall be for home consumption, and not for sale outside of the
county. “ Mouth” and “ inlet,” as used in this section, shall be con-
strued as commencing one mile beyond headlands or marshes bordering
on said creeks, streams, or bodies of water. This section shall not apply
to taking fish known as “ fat back,” nor be construed to prohibit the
hauling of seines for family use in the waters of the north fork of Old
Plantation creek, in the jurisdiction of Northampton county, within
the limits prescribed in chapter two hundred and eleven of the acts of
eighteen hundred and seventy-six and eighteen hundred and seventy-
seven during the months of June, July, and August, nor to interfere
with the privilege of taking fish in Chesapeake bay. Any person violat-
ing the provisions of this section shall for each offense be fined not less
than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, and all seines, boats, and
other appliances used in such violation shall be forfeited to the com-
monwealth.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.