Chap. 424.—An ACT for the protection of partridges in the county of Pittsylva-
nia, in the State of Virginia, and to prevent their shipment, dead or alive,
from the state.

Approved February 27, 1894.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall
be unlawful for any person to kill, capture or offer for sale or buy
any partridges (sometimes called quail) between the first day of
January and the first day of December, or to capture the same in nets
or traps or destroy the nests thereof, or to kill or capture the same
at any time when snow is on the ground. Any person violating the
provisions of this section shal! be fined by a justice of the peace not
exceeding ten dollars for each offence.

2. It shall be unlawful at any time to ship (dead or alive) par-
tridges to points outside of the state, and any railroad or express
company knowingly receiving such consignments shall be fined bya
justice of the peace not less than fifty dollars for the first offence, and
for each subsequent offence the fine shall be doubled: provided, how-
ever, that nothing in this section shall apply to non-resident sports-
men who come for recreation and pleasure, who do not shoot for
market and who take away game as baggage on railroad lines on
which they are traveling as passengers: and provided that nothing
in this bill shall prevent any resident of Pittsylvania county hunt-
ing on lands owned by him situate in said county.

3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby re-

ealed.

P 4, This act shall be in force from its passage, and until the first
day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.