Chap. 842.—An ACT for the protection of fish in Washington county.

Approved March 8, 1894.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall
be unlawful for any person to kill or injure any fish by the use of
dynamite or any other explosive or poison thrown into any of the
rivers or streams or waters of Washington county.

2. It shall be unlawful for any person to take or catch fish by
means of a trap, dip-net, seine, harpoon, grab-hook, or any device,
except a hook and line, in any of said rivers, streams or waters, ex-
cept that it shall be lawful to catch minnows for bait by means of a
hand net.

3. It shall be unlawful for any person, within four years after the
United States fish commission shall have placed California trout
or otber fish in the north, south or middle forks of Holston river,
in Washington county, for the purpose of stocking the same, to take
or catch from said streams, or destroy in any way, any of said fish
or their increase.

4. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more
than one hundred dollars for each offence, and for failure to pay said
fine shall be confined in the county jail not less than ten or more
than thirty days; one-half of the said fine to go to the informer, if
any, and a justice of the peace of Washington county shall have
jurisdiction to try and punish any person for this offence, but the
accused shall have the right of appeal to the county court of said
county.

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