Chap. 268.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2154 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as amended by an act approved March 14, 1906, in relation to stealing
of oysters.

Approved March 13, 1908.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-one hundred and fifty-four of the Code of Virginia of eighteen
hundred and eighty-seven, as amended by an act approved March four-
teenth, nineteen hundred and six, be amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

§2154. If any person take, steal or carry away, without permission
of the owner, oysters imbedded or planted, oysters deposited by any
person making up a cargo for market, or shells planted for formation of
oyster beds, he shall be deemed guilty of the larceny thereof, and upon
conviction be confined in jail not less than three months nor more than
six months, and fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hun-
dred dollars for each offense.

2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby re-
pealed.