CHAP. 203.—An ACT prohibiting the hauling of seines in the creeks
of the counties of Accomac and Northampton.

Approved March 5, 1880.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall not be lawful to haul seines, or set weirs or traps of any
kind for the purpose of catching or taking fish in the waters of
Accomac or Northampton counties at or within the mouths or
inlets of or in or on creeks or streams or bodies of waters, or in
thoroughfares, from the fifteenth day of May to the first day of
September of any year. Any one violating the provisions of
this act shall pay a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one
hundred dollars, and forfeit seines, boats and other fixtures,
one-half of which shall go to the informer. Mouths and inlets
above named shall be construed and declared to commence one
mile beyond headlands or marshes bordering on said creeks or
inlets. But this act shall not apply to the taking of fish known
as fat-backs in said waters, nor construed to interfere with an
act passed March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-
seven, for the protection of seines in the north fork of Old
Plantation creek, in the county of Northampton, nor to inter-
fere with the privilege of taking fish in Chesapeake bay under
existing laws. .

2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed.

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