Chap. 78.—An ACT to protect Mongolian and English pheasants in Rock-
bridge and Augusta counties.

Approved December 18, 1899,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall be
unlawful to kill or capture, sell or offer for sale, or buy any Mongolian
or English pheasants in the counties of Rockbridge and Augusta between
the first day of March, nineteen hundred, and the first day of March,
nineteen hundred and two.

2. It shall be unlawful at any time in said counties to take or destroy
the eggs of any Mongolian pheasants, or to catch the birds with nets or
traps in said counties.

The possession, except for the purpose of breeding, of any Fnelish
or “Mongolan pheasants, whether dead or alive, by any person, shall be
prima facie evidence that such person has violated this law.

4. Any person ecenvicted of violating any section of this law shall be
fined not less than five dollars or more than twenty-five dollars, and
one-half of this amount shall go to the informer.

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