Chap. 190.—An ACT to authorize the shooting of suckers, red-horse and carp in
certain waters during certain periods; to prescribe the bag limit for such
fish; to provide penalties for violations; and to repeal certain acts and
regulations. [H 243}

Approved March 1J1, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. Section 1. It shall be lawful for any resident of this State,
who has a current license to fish, to take by means of shooting
with a rifle, suckers, red-horse and carp in the shoals of the waters
of Clinch River, within the limits of Scott County, except within
two hundred yards of the Speers Ferry dam, and in the waters of
the South fork of Holston River in Washington County, during
daylight hours, from April fifteenth to May thirty-one, both inclu-
sive, of any year, provided that the bag limit for such fish, during
any such open season shall not exceed fifteen in any one day and
one hundred in any one season.

Section 2. Any person violating any provision of the preceding
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction there-
of shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars for each offense.

2. All laws, and all regulations of the Commission of Game
and Inland Fisheries, in conflict herewith are repealed to the
extent of such conflict.

3. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.