CHAPTER 116

An Act to fix the open season and bag limits on deer in Essex County.
[H 129]

Approved March 3, 1954

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the open
season for hunting and killing deer in Essex County shall be the same as
the general open hunting season east of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

§ 2. The bag limit shall be one deer a day or two a season, one of
which may be a doe; provided, however, after careful study of deer popula-
tions in relation to food supply and the ratio of bucks to does, the Commis-
sion of Game and Inland Fisheries may, when deemed for the best interest
to the deer herd, suspend the operation of this act for such time as may he
necessary to increase the herd in said county.
An Act to fix the open season and bag limits on deer in King and Queen
County. (H 130]

Approved March 8, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the open
season for hunting and killing deer in King and Queen County shall be
the same as the general open hunting season east of the Blue Ridge
Mountains.

§ 2. The bag limit shall be one deer a day or two a season, one of
which may be a doe; provided, however, after careful study of deer
populations in relation to food supply and the ratio of bucks to does, the
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries may, when deemed for the
best interest to the deer herd, suspend the operation of this Act for such
time as may be necessary to increase the herd in said county.