Chap. 255.—An ACT to protect partridges and woodcock in the county of King
George.

Approved February 15, 1804.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it
shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, kill or capture, or offer for
sale or buy, in King George county, any partridges between the fif-
teenth day of January and the fifteenth day of November in any
year.

2. It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, kill or capture, or
offer for sale or buy, in said county, any woodcock between the fif-
teenth day of January and the first day of July in any year.

38. It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to take or de-
stroy the eggs of the birds mentioned in this act, or to catch thein
with nets or traps.

4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less
than ten dollars or imprisonment in jail not exceeding thirty days,
or both.

5. In any prosecution of a person for violating this act in hunting,
killing or capturing partridges or woodcock, or in catching them in
nets or traps, proof of the possession by such person of any such
bird shall be prima facie evidence of his guilt.

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