CHAP. 272.—An ACT. for the protection of game in the county of
Halifax.

Approved February 27, 1886.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,» That
it shall not be lawful for any person to kill, or capture, or offer
for sale, or buy any partridge, or quail, or wild turkeys, in the
county of Halifax, between the fifteenth day of February’and
the fifteenth day of October of each year; nor shall it be law-
ful at any time to capture them in nets or traps, or to break
up their nests, or to take or destroy their eggs.

2. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this
act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof
before any court or justice of the peace, shall be fined twenty
dollars (one-half of which shall go to the informer), and shall
be imprisoned until said fine is paid, not exceeding twenty
days. The possession of any prohibited bird or egg within
the prohibited period shall be prima facie evidence of the vio-
lation of this act. °

3. This act shall be given in charge to the grand jury by the
judge of Halifax county, at every term at which a regular
grand jury shall be empanelled; and it shall be the duty of all
peace officers in said county to prosecute, promptly and vigo-
rously, all violations of this act; and in every case of willful
failure to perform this duty, they shall be fined by the county
judge twenty dollars. |

4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions
hereof are hereby repealed.

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