CHAPTER 686

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-145.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to killing of deer damaging fruit trees or crops. (H 736]

Approved April 7, 1954

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 29-145.1 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows: |

§ 29-145.1. Whenever it is found that deer are damaging fruit trees
or crops in the State, the owner or lessee of the lands on which such damage
is done shall immediately report such fact to the local game warden for
investigation. If after investigation the game warden finds that deer have
so injured the fruit trees or crops of such owner or lessee as to cause
substantial damage, he shall authorize the owner or lessee to kill such
deer when they are found upon his premises and in the act of further
injuring such trees or crops.

The carcass of every deer so killed shall be delivered by the owner or
lessee to the game warden of the county, who shall deliver it to such
charitable institution or hospital as designated by the Commission of
Game and Inland Fisheries, provided, however, that in the county of
Shenandoah any deer after the first so killed in any year shall, upon
request, be awarded by the game warden to the owner or lessee, who shall
give such person a certificate to that effect on forms furnished by the Com-
mission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Any person awarded a deer under
this section may make use thereof as if the same had been killed by him
during the season therefor.