Chap. 192.—An ACT for the protection of certain game in the county of
Roanoke.

Approved February 9, 1894.

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 offer for
sale any partridges or quail in Roanoke county at any time prior to
the fifteenth day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, or
any wild turkey or ruffled grouse or pheasants in said county, be-
tween the first day of February and the fifteenth day of October of
each year, or rabbits or hares in said county, between the first day
of January and the first day of October in each year, or at any time
in said county to take or destroy the eggs of wild turkeys, ruffled
grouse or pheasants, partridges or quail, or to catch them with net
or trap. It shall also be unlawful to kill or capture deer, or chase
them with dogs, with intent to kill the same, in said county, between
the first day of January and the first day of October in each year.

2. If any person violate any of the provisions of the preceding
eection, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shal] be
fined for each offence twenty dollars and be imprisoned in jail until
the fine is paid, but said imprisonment shall not exceed thirty days.
One-half of the fine shall be paid to the prosecutor. In any prose-
cution of a person for the violation of the preceding section, proof
of the possession by such person of any such partridges or quail,
ruffled grouse or pheasant, wild turkey, rabbit or hare, or deer, shal]
be prima facie evidence of his guilt.

3. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby re-
pealed, but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to interfere
with the law now in force in regard to the unlawful hunting or
killing of game not embraced in this act.

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