Chap. 507.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3181 of the Code of
Virginia. [H B 326]
Approved March 28, 1922.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion thirty-one hundred and eighty-one of the Code of Virginia, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 3181. Hauling seines and setting traps in the waters of
Accomac and Northampton.—No person shall haul seines or set weirs
or traps of any kind for the purpose of taking or catching fish in
the waters of Accomac or Northampton counties at or within the
mouth or inlet, or in any creek, stream or body of water, or in
thoroughfares in said counties, between the fifteenth day of May
and the first day of September in any year; but, it shall be lawful
at any time except during the months of July and August to haul
seines or set weirs or traps for the purpose of taking or catching
fish on eastern or ocean side of Accomac and Northampton counties,
provided the seines, weirs and traps shall not be of a smaller mesh
than two inches, stretched measure. This section shall not apply to
taking fish known as “fatback,” nor be construed to prohibit the
hauling of seines for family use in the waters of the north fork of
Old Plantation creek in the jurisdiction of Northampton county,
within the limits prescribed in chapter two hundred and eleven of the
acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-six and seventy-seven, during
the months of June, July and August, nor to interfere with the privi-
lege of taking fish in Chesapeake bay. Any person violating the
provisions of this section shall for each offense be fined not less
than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and upor
conviction all seines, weirs and traps, boats and other appliances
used in such violation shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth.