CHAP. 54.—An ACT to prevent the barter and sale of the plumage of all
birds killed in Virginia other than game birds and domestic oo

B. 72.)
Approved February 17, 1916.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to kill or
capture any wild birds, other than game birds, or destroy their
nests or eggs, or to buy or sell or offer for sale, their plumage
or any part thereof, at any time. Provided, that nothing herein
contained shall apply to the English sparrow, owl, hawk, eagle,
crow, blackbird, ricebird, Wilson and English snipe, or robin
snipe or doves or domestic fowls.

2. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a
fine of not less than five and not more than fifty dollars.

3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed.