Chap. 19.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3181 of the Code of Virginia,
as heretofore amended. [H B 127

Approved February 13, 1924.

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

Section 3181. Hauling seines and setting traps in the waters of
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 North-
ampton county at or within the mouth or inlet, or in any creek, stream
or body of water, or in thoroughfares in said county, between the
fifteenth day of August and the fifteenth day of September in any
year; but it shall be lawful during said prohibited period to catch fish
with draw seines on the eastern or ocean side of said county; provided
the catch of fish shall be for home consumption and not for sale out-
side of said county; and, provided the seines, weirs and traps shall not
be of a smaller mesh than two inches, stretched measure. This sec-
tion 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 Planatation 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
privilege 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 upon conviction
all seines, weirs and traps, boats and other appliances used in such
violation shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth.