CHAP. 264.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act for the
protection of fish in the Meherrin river, approved March 14, 1912.

(H. B. 416.)
Approved March 16, 1916.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
an act entitled an act for the protection of fish in the Meherrin
river, approved March the fourteenth, nineteen hundred and
twelve, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

It shall not be lawful to take, kill or capture fish in the waters
of the Meherrin river and its tributaries within the confines of
this State, by means of fykes, traps, fish slides, or in any other
manner, except by angling with a hook and line, or to capture
with a dip net or seine; provided, that this act shall not be ap-
plied to such waters lying east of Emporia hydro-electric
company’s dam within the confines of the county of Greensville.

‘2. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

3. On account of the fishing season being almost open, an
emergency therefore exists, and this act shall be in force from
its passage.