Chap. 495.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3166 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to the granting of license to fish. [S B 320]

Approved March 26, 1928

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

Section 3166. Any resident of this State desiring to fish with a
purse net, pound net, fyke net, gill net, haul seine, sturgeon net, skirt
net, weir or other device, other than a hand line, or for blue fish by
hand line, in any of the waters of this Commonwealth, or waters
within the jurisdiction of this Commonwealth, shall apply to the oyster
inspector of the district within which the person so applying resides,
except that the applicant for license to fish with a fixed device shall
apply to the oyster inspector of the district in which the fixed device
is proposed to be located, and state on oath the true name or names
of the person or persons applying for license, that they are, and have
been for twelve months next preceding, residents of this State, the
place at which the net, seine, fyke, weir or other device is to be fished,
and that during the period of the license, which shall be from the first
day of January to the thirty-first day of December, inclusive, of each
year, they will not violate any of the laws of this State in relation to
the taking and catching of fish; the restriction as to being a non-resi-
dent, shall not apply to the catching of blue fish by hand line.