Chap. 417.—An ACT for the protection of quail or partridges and pheasants in
the county of Washington.

Approved March 29, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall be
inlawful for any person to kill, capture, take, sell, or offer for sale, buy,
r have in possession within Washington county, any quail or partridges
etween the first day of January and the first day of November of any
ear, or any pheasant between the first day of February and the first day
f November of any year; and it shall be unlawful to kill, capture, or
take any quail or partridges by nets, traps, dead-falls, or any other like
means or appliance of any kind whatsoever at any time.

2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall for each
offense be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not more than fifty dollars, or may be confined in jail not
exceeding thirty days, and also until such fine and the costs of prosecu-
tion are paid, but not exceeding sixty days altogether.

3. The county court of Washington county shall have original and con-
current jurisdiction with the several justices of the peace of said county,
and upon presentment, information, or indictment to try cases and in-
flict punishments as hereinbefore provided for violations of this act.

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

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