Chap. 241.—An ACT to amend and re-enact independent section 11 of an
act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 2131, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2137,
2148, 2151, 2153, and to repeal sections 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 21465, and 2147
of chapter 97 of the code of Virginia, in relation to oysters, and to add
independent sections thereto, approved February 25, 1892, as amended and
oa by chapter 831 of the acts of 1895 and 1896, approved March 5,

Approved February 3, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That independent
section eleven of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact indepen-
dent section eleven of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sec-
tion twenty-one hundred and thirty-one, twenty-one hundred and thirty-
three, twenty-one hundred and thirty-four, twenty-one hundred and
thirty-five, twenty-one hundred and thirty-seven, twenty-one hundred
and forty-eight, twenty-one hundred and fifty-one, twenty-one hundred
and fifty-three, and to repeal sections twenty-one hundred and forty-one,
twenty-one hundred and forty-two, twenty-one hundred and forty-three,
twenty-one hundred and forty-four, twenty-one hundred and forty-five,
and twenty-one hundred and forty-seven of chapter ninety-seven of the
code of Virginia, in relation to oysters, and add independent sections
thereto, approved February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-
two, as amended and re-enacted by chapter eight hundred and thirty-one
of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-five and eighteen hundred
and ninety-six, approved March fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six,
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 11. All oysters taken from any natural rocks, beds, or shoals in the
waters of this state, except on the eastern side of Accomac and North-
ampton counties, shall be culled on their natural beds, rocks, or shoals as
taken, and oysters whose shells measure less than three inches in length.
measuring from hinge to mouth, and all shells shall be included in said
culling and replaced upon said rock bed or shoal: provided, that oysters
once passed from the culling-board to the inside of the boat less than
the prohibifed size, and all shells, shall be considered as not having been
culled according to the provisions of this act: provided, that when small
oysters are adhering so closely to the shell of the marketable oysters as
to render its removal impossible without destroying the young oyster,
then it shall not be necessary to remove it. Any person violating the
provisions of this act either by removing from said rocks, beds, or shoals,
or by buying or selling oysters less than three inches in length, measur-
ing from hinge to mouth, or shells as hereinbefore mentioned, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be
fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars: pro-
vided, however, that so much of this section as prohibits the catching and
taking of oysters whose shells measure Jess than three inches in length.
measuring from hinge to mouth, shall not apply to James river above a
Jine drawn from Day's Point, in the county of Isle of Wight, to Deep
creek In the county of Warwick.

All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby
ropes aled,

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