Chap. 319.—An ACT to prevent the extermination of partridges or quails, wild
turkeys or pheasants, in the counties of Lee and Scott.

Approved February 21, 1894.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shal]
be unlawful for any person to kill or capture any partridges or
quails, wild turkeys or pheasants, in the counties of Lee and Scott
for a period of two years, or to offer for sale or buy any partridges
or quails, wild turkeys or pheasants so unlawfully killed or captured
in said counties within the aforesaid period.

2. Any person violating this act shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and fined ten dollars for each offence, and imprisoned in
jail until the fine is paid, but not exceeding thirty days.

3. In any prosecution of a person for a violation of this act, proof
of the possession of any such bird shall be prima facie evidence of
his guilt.

4. Provided that the proprietors of lands may for their own pleas-
ure hunt and shoot said game upon their own premises, but not be-
yond: and provided, further, that the same be done within the close
season ; that is, between the fifteenth day of October and the fifteenth
day of January.

5. And provided, further, that non-residents of Lee and Scott
counties shall not be permitted to hunt the aforesaid game in the
counties of Lee and Scott for a period of five years from the passage
of this act, and a violation of this act on their part shall be punish-
able as hereinbefore prescribed.

6. The operation of section two thousand and seventy-nine of the
code of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, so far as it relates to
this particular game, and is in conflict with this act, is hereby sus-
pended in the counties of Lee and Scott for the period of two years.

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