An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-299, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to devices signalling intention to turn or stop and rules therefor.
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Chap. 652.—An ACT to amend and re-enact. section 3 of chapter 531 of acts o
1899-1900, referring to the protection of wild water fowl and other game in th
counties of Accomac and Northampton.
Approved April 2, 1902.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section thre
of an act entitled an act “to protect wild water fowl and other game 35
the counties of Accomac and Northampton, approved March fifth, eigh
teen hundred and ninety-four, as amended and re-enacted by chapte:
eighty of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-five and ninety-six
approved January eighteenth , eighteen hundred and ninety-six, a
amended and re-enacted by chapter six hundred and eighty-six of th.
acts of cighteen hundred and ninety-seven and ninety-eight, approver
March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-cight, and as further amender
and re-enacted by an act approved February twenty-sixth, nineteen hun
dred, be further amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:
3. It shall not be lawful for any person to hunt for, shoot, or kil
partridges (sometimes known as quail) or rabbits (or hares) in th
counties of Accomac and Northampton between the fifteenth day o
January and the fifteenth day of November in any year, or to hunt for
trap, or shoot them at any time snow is on the ground, or to take or de
stroy the eggs of partridges (or quail) at any time, or to shoot or in an)
manner kill or destroy the bird known as the marsh hen before the fif
teenth day of September in any season, or to take its eggs later than th
first day of June in any vear; or to shoot or in any manner kill or destroy
the bird known as the willet before the fifteenth day of August in any
year, or to take its eggs at any time; or to shoot or in any manner kill or
destroy the bird known as the gull (or striker) at any time, or to take its
eggs later than the fourth day of July in any year; or to kill or capture
the, woodcock between the first day of January and the first day of July
in any year; or to capture for sale or transportation, or kill the mocking-
bird, brown thrush, cardinal (or red bird), red-breasted robin, house
martin (or starling), or to destroy their nests. If any person violate any
of the provisions of this section, he shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined ten dollars for each
offense, and imprisoned in jail until the fine is paid, but not exceeding
ten days. Any person found violating this act may be seized without
warrant by any sheriff, constable, or game warden, or by any citizen of
the Commonwealth, and carried before a justice of the county-in which
the offense was committed, and by him disposed of in any case. And in
the prosecution of any person for the violation of any section of this act,
the proof of any such wild fowl, game, or bird in his possession shall be
deemed prima facie evidence of his guilt.
And be it further enacted, That it shall be unlawful for any non-resi-
dent of-the State to hunt or shoot, capture or kill, any of the game men-
tioned in this section at any time, except that this provision shall not
apply to such non-residents of the State as may be members of the
Eastern Shore Game Protective Association, 1nd subject to its rules, by-
laws, and regulations. Any non-resident violating any of the provisions
of this act shall, on conviction, be fined not less than twenty nor more
than one hundred dollars, and be confined in jail until such fine is paid,
but not exceeding thirty days.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.