Chap. 230.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 6 of an act entitled:
An act to regulate and restrict shooting, and to prevent the destruction of
wild fowl in the waters of Back bay and its tributaries in the county of
Princess Anne, approved March 8, 1902.

Approved March 12, 1908.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
one and six of an act entitled an act to regulate and restrict shooting
and to prevent the destruction of wild fowl in the waters of Back bay
and its tributaries in the county of Princess Anne be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

§1. It shall not be lawful for any person to shoot at or kill wild water
fowl in the waters of Back bay or its tributaries, in the county of
Princess Anne, either on or from the land, marshes, and shore, or on or
from the waters thereof by aid of floats, batteries, sink boxes, blinds,
points, or in any other way, or by any other means, from sunset to sun-
rise of the succeeding day, nor to leave any landing or mooring for the
purpose of shooting or hunting until sunrise; and all decoys, floats,
batteries, blinds, sink boxes, or other devices, floating or stationary,
shall be taken up and carried ashore at sunset each day. Nor shall any
person shoot at or kill wild fowl except from the land, or from batteries,
sink boxes, points, or blinds, in the said waters thereof: provided, how-
ever, that any person who may have crippled ducks, geese, or swan, over
his own decoys, may re-shoot and capture such game from boats im-
mediately after the same shall have been shot down: provided, however,
that the provisions of this act shall not apply to the shooting of wild
geese at night, between the first day of March and the first day of April,
in each year. Nor shall any person shoot at or kill wild fowl on
Wednesday and Saturday of each and every week, either on or from
land, or on or from the said waters of Back bay or its tributaries.

§6. Provided, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to
prohibit shooting a duck known as a “peler” or “blue peter” in any way
or at any time after the last day of February, until the last day of April
of each year.