Chap. 549.—An ACT to protect diamond-back terrapins.
Approved April 2, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the gencral assembly of Virginia, That it shall be
unJawful to take or catch at any time in this State diamond-back terra-
pins of less size than five inches in length, or to buy or sell the same, or to
take or catch, or to buy or sell diamond-back terrapins of any size in this
State between the first day of May and the first day of October of each
ear.

2. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not
exceeding fifty dollars.

3. This act shall not be construed as amending or repealing any of the
provisions of section twenty-one hundred and twenty-one of the Code,
and shall not apply to the counties of Accomac and Northampton, so far
as the same is in conflict with said section.

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