Chap. 100.—An AOT to Amend and Re-enact an Act Entitled an Act for
the Protection of Fish in the Shenandoah River and its Tributaries, and
the Tributaries of the Potomac River West of the Shenandoah River,
Approved November fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy, so as to ex-
clude the Shenandoah River and its Tributaries from the Operation of
said Act,

Approved February 19, 1872.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section one A
of an act entitled an act for the protection of fish in the Shen- §
andoah river, and its tributaries, and the tributaries of the :
Potomac river west of the Shenandoah river, approved No- 4
vember fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy, be amended and
re-enacted, so as to read as follows:

“$1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, F
That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be law- 4
ful for any person or persons to cause the destruction of any } F
fish in the tributaries of the Potomac river west of the Shen- ‘
andoah river, by reason of the erection of fish dams, or fish
pots, or by the use of any seines, dip nets, stir nets, or set
nets, or by spearing, or by any other method than by angling,
or with the outline, for the period of five years from the pass-
age of this act.”

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