CHAP. 436.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 514
of Acts of Assembly, 1883-4, respecting wild game.

Approved March 6, 1886.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section first of chapter five hundred and fourteen of Acts of As-
sembly of eighteen hundred and eighty-three-four, approved
March, eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, ‘be
amended and re-enacted, so as to read as follows:

§ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall not be lawful, west of the Blue Ridge mountains, to kill
or capture pheasants or wild turkeys between February first
and September fifteenth, and partridges between. January first
and October fifteenth, or deer between January first and Au-
gust fifteenth; nor elsewhere in the state partridges, pheasants,
or wild turkeys between January fifteenth and October fifteenth,
or deer between January first and August fifteenth; nor shall it
be lawful within the state to take or destroy the eggs of any
such wild fowl, or catch any such wild fowl with nets or traps;
and the possession of any such eggs or wild game shall be prima
facie evidence of the violation of this act: provided, that in the
county of Rockbridge, no one shall be allowed to capture or
kill partridges between the fifteenth. day of January and the
fifteenth day of October of each year; nor in the county of
Prince Edward, to kill or capture partridges, pheasants, or wild
turkeys between the first day of March and the fifteenth day of
October of each year; nor to kill or capture deer at any time
within three years after the passage of this act. ,
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.