CHAPTER 83

AN ACT to prescribe the open season on bear and deer in certain
counties or portions thereof; to prescribe penalties and to
repeal inconsistent acts. (HT)

Approved March 2, 1950

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. The open season for hunting, killing, or capturing
bear and deer shall be from October first to November thirty,
both dates inclusive, in the counties of Princess Anne and Nor-
folk, and in that portion of Nansemond County lying east of a
line as follows: beginning at a point on State highway number
ten where it intersects the Isle of Wight county line, thence
along such highway to its intersection with the corporate limits
of the city of Suffolk; thence easterly, southerly and westerly
with such corporate limits to their intersection with State high-
way number thirty-two; thence along such highway to its inter-
section with State highway number thirty-seven; thence along
State highway number thirty-seven to the North Carolina line.

§ 2. In the county of Isle of Wight and in that portion of
Nansemond county to the west of the line established in section
one of this act, the open season for hunting, killing or capturing
bear and deer shall be from November tenth to January fifth,
both inclusive.

§ 3. Except as provided in sections one and two hereof,
the provisions of general law shall apply to the hunting, killing
or capturing of bear and deer in such counties.

Any person hunting, killing or capturing any bear
or deer at any time other than that provided in sections one
and two of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of. not less than ten
nor more than fifty dollars, or confinement in jail not exceeding
thirty days, or both.

2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are repealed
to the extent of such conflict.