Chap. 281.—An ACT to amend and re-enact subsection 4 of section 3299 of the
- Code of Virginia. {H B 497]
Approved March 17, 1922,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sub-
section four of section thirty-two hundred and ninety-nine of the
Code of Virginia be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:
Sub-section 4. It shall be unlawful between the first day of
October and the twenty-fifth day of April of each year, and at no
other time, to take oysters with ordinary or patent tongs, and in
no other manner, from the natural rocks, beds and shoals in the
Potomac river above a straight line drawn from North point at the
mouth of Upper Machodoc creek in the county of King George,
Virginia, to Lower Cedar Point in Charles county, Maryland. Any
citizen of Maryland or of Virginia who has complied with all the
requirements of the oyster laws of his State entitling him to the
privilege for a certain period of taking and catching oysters with
ordinary or patent tongs in such State, shall have the right without
further license tax to take oysters with such tongs above the said
line during the open season provided for in the waters above said line.

It shall be unlawful to dredge or scrape on the natural rocks,
beds, and shoals of the Potomac river at any time with any boat
propelled other than by sail, and the penalties otherwise prescribed
for unlawful dredging shall be imposed under this section for any
violation of this act.

2. And be it further enacted, that upon the taking effect in the
State of Maryland of the provisions prescribed in this subsection,
as amended, the governor of Virginia shall issue his proclamation
declaring the provisions hereof to be effective.