CHAP. 630.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2088 of the
code of Virginia, in relation to hauling seines, or setting traps
in the waters of Accomac and Northampton counties.

Approved March 8, 1892.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginis,
That section two thousand and eighty-eight of the code of
Virginia be amended and re-enacted so as to read as fol-
lows:

§ 2088. Hauling seines or setting traps in waters of Ac-
comac and Northampton counties.—No person shall haul
seines or set weirs or traps of any kind for the purpose of
taking or catching fish in the waters of Accomac or North-
ampton counties, at or within the mouth or inlet of, or in
any creek, stream, or body of water, or in thoroughfares in
the said counties, between the fifteenth day of May and the
first day of September in any year: provided that it shall
be lawful during said prohibited period to catch fish with
draw seines in the waters of Chincoteague inlet and ita
tributaries. “ Mouth” and “inlet” as used in this section
shall be construed as commencing one mile beyond head-
lands or marshes bordering on said creeks, streams, or
bodies of water. This section shall not apply to the tak-
ing of fish known as “fat backs,” nor be construed to pro-
hibit the hauling of seines for family use in the waters
of the north fork of Old Plantation creek, in the jurisdic-
tion of Northampton county, within the limits prescribed
in chapter two hundred and eleven of the acts of eighteen
hundred and seventy-six and seventy-seven, during the
months of June, July and August, nor to interfere with
the privilege of taking fish in Chesapeake bay. Any per-
son violating the provisions of this section shall, for each
offence, be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hun-
dred dollars, one-half of which shall be to the informer,
and all seines, boats other appliances used in such viola-
tion shall be forfeited to the commonwealth.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.