Chap. 402.—An ACT toamend and re-enact chapter 952 of the acts of assembly of
1895-"6, entitled ‘‘An act to amend and re-enact section 2088 of the code of Vir-
ginia, In relation to hauling seines or setting traps in the waters of Accomac
and Northampton,”’ approved March 3, 1802, approved February 28, 1806.

Approved February 19, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That an act en-
titled ‘‘An act to amend and re-enact section two thousand and eighty-
eight of the code of Virginia, in relation to hauling seines or setting
traps in the waters of Accomac and Northampton,’’ approved March
third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and as amended by chapter five
hundred and thirty-two of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-tive
aud ninety-six, approved February twenty-eighth, cighteen hundred and
ninety-six, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 2088. Hauling seines or setting traps in the waters of Accomac and
Northampton.—No person shall haul seines or set weirs or traps of any
kind for the purpose of taking or catching fish in the waters of Accomac
or Northampton counties at or within the mouth or inlet, or in any
creek, stream, or body of water, or in thoroughfares in said counties,
between the fifteenth day of May and the first day of September, in any
year: provided, it shall be lawful during said prohibited period to catch
tish with draw-seines in the waters of the Chincoteaque inlet and its
tributaries in Accomac county; and provided, the catch of fish shall be
for home consumption, and not for sale outside of the county. ‘‘Mouth’’
and ‘‘inlet,’’ as used in this section, shall be construcd as commencing
one mile beyond headlands or marshes bordering on said creeks, streams,
or bodies of water. This section shall not apply to taking of fish known
as ‘‘fat back,’’ nor be construed to prohibit the hauling of seines for
family use in the waters of the north fork of Old Plantation creek, in
the jurisdiction of Northampton county, within the limits prescribed in
chapter two hundred and eleven of the acts of eighteen hundred and

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seventy-six and eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, during the months
of June, July, and August, nor to interfere with the privilege of taking
fish in Chesapeake bay. Any person violating the provisions of this
section shall, for each offence, be fined not less than fifty nor more than
one hundred dollars, and all seines, boats, and other appliances used in
such violation shall be forfeited to the commonwealth.

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