Chap. 325.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6, chapter. 100, of
the Code of Virginia, edition of 1873, in relation to unlawful fishing.
Approved April 4, 1577. s

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section six
of chapter one hundred of the Code of Virginia, edition of
cigbteen hundred and seventy-three, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 6. All persons are hereby prohibited from using the purse
nets in any of the rivers or crecks of this state, or within
two miles of the mouth of any river or creek, and also are
prohibited from using the purse nets in the Chesapeake bay
at night or on Sunday. And no person shall catch or take
any fish in or from the rivers or creeks of this common-
wealth, or within two miles of the mouths of said rivers or
creeks by means of any pound net or trap; or anywhere with
such nets or traps within the waters of this commonwealth
during the months of June, July, and August, nor shall any
person put out any pound net, purse net, trap, or fixed appa-
ratus, or device of any kind whatsoever, in any of the tidal
waters of this commonwealth, s0 as in any way to occupy or
obstruct at least one-third of said waters, which shall em-
brace the channel of the @id waters; and any person vio-
lating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, aad be fined one hundred and fifty dollars for each
violation of this section.

2. This act shall take effect from and after the thirtieth
day of November, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven.