Chap. 360.—An ACT for the protection of deer and wild turkeys in the counties
of New Kent and Charles City.

Approved February 18, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall
be unlawful for any person to kill or capture in any way, or offer for
sale or buy wild turkeys in the counties of Charles City and New
Kent between the first day of February and the first day of October
in each year, or to take or destroy the eggs of wild turkeys at any
time in said counties. And it shall be unlawful for any person to
kill, capture, offer for sale or buy any deer in the counties of Charles
City and New Kent, or to chase any deer in said counties, with
intent to kill the same, between the fifteenth day of January and
the fifteenth day of September of each year.

2. Any person violating this act shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than
twenty dollars or be confined in jail not more than thirty days.

3. In any prosecution of a person for a violation of this act proof
of the possession of any such wild turkey, wild turkey eggs, or deer
shall be prima facie evidence of his guilt.

4. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby
repealed.

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