Chap. 67.—An ACT to protect partridges in the counties of Gloucester and
Mathews.

Approved January 18, 1898,

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 Gloucester or Mathews county, any partridges between the first day
of February and the first day of November in any year.

2. It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to take or destroy
the eggs of the birds mentioned in this act, or to catch them with nets
or traps.

3. 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.

4. In any prosecution of a person for violating this act in hunting or

capturing partridges, 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.
This act shall be in force from its passage.