Chap. 93.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3173 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to fishing. [H B 64]

Approved March 4, 1926.

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

Section 3173. Restriction on the right to set certain nets; certain
obstructions in Chesapeake Bay forbidden.—It shall be-unlawful to
set or fish any pound net within the York river, above a line drawn
from Clay Bank in the county of Gloucester, to a point directly oppo-
site on the other side of the river, Poquosin river, Back river, Chicka-
hominy river, Elizabeth river or Nansemond river, or any of the
tributaries thereof, or in the James river above a straight line drawn
from Scotland Wharf in Surry county to Jamestown Wharf on James-
town Island, the boundary between Surry and James City counties,
or to set pound nets within one mile from either side of the mouth of
the Lynnhaven river, or between the hours of sunset and sunrise,
during any night, to set or fish any gill net or crab line in any waters -
of Lynnhaven river above bottoms leased or rented to another person
or persons for the purpose of planting oysters; and any and all pound
net stakes driven in the rivers or their tributaries allowed by law shall
be withdrawn by the owner when no longer in actual use for fishing
purposes.

No person shall plant oysters or place stakes or other obstructions
in the Chesapeake Bay within half mile of the shore, between Cape
Henry and the Norfolk county line where a seine is licensed to be laid
out, set or hauled, without the consent of the riparian owner. Nor
shall any person operate any device for taking clams within three-
quarters of a mile of the shore lying between Lynnhaven inlet and
Willoughby Spit pier in Norfolk county.