Chap. 582.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “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,” ap-
proved March 3d, 1892.

Approved February 28, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That an
act entitled “‘an act to amend and re-enact section two thousand and
eighty-eight of the code of Virginia, in relation to hauling seines or
setting traps in the waters of Accomac and Northampton,” approved
March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 2088. Hauling seines or setting traps in the waters of Accomac
and Northampton.—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 Northampton counties at or within the mouth or inlet
or in any creek, stream or body of water, or in thoroughfares in said
counties between the fifteenth day of May and the first day of Sep-
tember in any year; provided it shall be lawful during said prohib-
ited period to catch fish with draw seines in the waters of Chinco-
teague inlet and its tributaries, and in the waters along the eastern
or ocean side of Matomkin district, in Accomac county; and pro-
vided the catch of fish shall be for home consumption and not for
sale outside of the county. ‘“ 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 taking of fish known as “ fat-
backs,” nor be construed to prohibit the hauling of seines for family
use in the waters of the north fork of Old Plantation creek, in the
jurisdiction of Northampton county, within the limits prescribed in
chapter two hundred and eleven of the acts of eighteen hundred and
seventy-six and eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, during the
months of June, July and August, nor to interfere with the privilege
of taking fish in Chesapeake bay. Any person violating the provi-
s10n8 of this section shall, for each offence, be fined not less than fifty
mor more than one ‘hundred dollars, and all seines, boats and other
appliances used in such violation shall be forfeited to the common-
wealth.
2. This act shall be in force-from its passage.

Chap. 582.—An ACT to extend to the Mutual telephone company of the city
of Petersburg, a corporation chartered by the hustings court of the said city
and now operating an exchange therein, the privileges granted by sections
1287, 1288 and 1289 of the code of Virginia to telephone companies chartered

y this state.

Approved March 8, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
Mutual telephone company of Petersburg, Virginia, a corporation
chartered by the hustings court of the said city, and now operating an
exchange in that city, shall have all the privileges granted by sec-
tions twelve hundred and eighty-seven, twelve hundred and eighty-
eight and twelve hundred and eighty-nine of the code of Virginia
to telephone companies chartered by this state.

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