CHAPTER 676

An Act to amend and reenact § 28-1438 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to waters in the State in which certain oysters may be culled

[H 732]
Approved April 4, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 28-148 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
follows:

§ 28-143. So much of the two preceding sections as prohibits the
taking and catching of oysters whose shells measure less than three
inches from hinge to mouth, shall not apply to James River above a line
drawn from Cooper’s Creek in the county of Isle of Wight, to a point
at the south side of the main channel in such river opposite Finch’s pier in
the city of Newport News, thence up such channel to the present lower
corner of Miles oyster-planting ground, thence to Massey’s house on the
river bank in the county of Warwick, which shall be known as seed line;
nor to Russ Rock and Little Carter’s Rock, in the Rappahannock River,
nor to the eastern side of Accomack and Northampton Counties.