Chap. 26.—An ACT for the protection of game in Mecklenburg county.

Approved January 11, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That chapter
three hundred and thirty-one, acts of assembly eighteen hundred and
ninety-seven and ninety-eight, in regard to the protection of certain
game and animals in Mecklenburg county, which was approved February
fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall
he unlawful for any person to kill or capture in any way, or to offer
for sale in Mecklenburg county any partridges (or quail) or any wild tur-
keys from the first dav of March to the fifteenth day of October following,
or at any time to kill any mocking birds, or to destroy the eggs of any
fowl or birds enumerated in this act in said county.

§ 2. If any person violates any of the provisions of this act he shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined for each offense five
dollars, one-half of which shall be paid to the informer; and in any prose-
cution for the said offense the possession of any such bird or fowl] as is
mentioned herein shall be prima facie evidence of the guilt of the
accused.

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