Chap. 374.—An ACT to prevent trapping and seining in New river and its trib-
utaries.

Approved February 23, 1894.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall
be unlawful to take any fish from New river or its tributaries by
means of any traps or seines for a period of four years from the pas-
sage of this act: provided that this act shall not apply to the waters
of Floyd county.

2. Any person violating the provisions of the preceding section of
this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be fined not less than ten nor more than twenty-five
dollars for each offence, and in default of the payment of the same
shall be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days; and it shall be the
duty of the sheriff of any county in which this act is violated to
prosecute the offending party promptly, and in every case of willful
failure to perform this duty he shall, on complaint by any person to
ie county judge, be fined not less than ten nor more than twenty

ollars.

3. It shall be the duty of the judges of the counties through which
said streams flow to give this act in charge to every grand jury,
whose duty it shall be to present every infraction thereof, and it shall
be the duty of the commonwealth’s attorneys of said counties to
diligently prosecute every such violation of this act.

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