CHAPTER 199

An Act to amend and reenact Chapter 144 of the Acts of Assembly of
1958, approved March 8, 1958, relating to hunting in certain counties
with certain rifles.

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Approved March 6, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That Chapter 144 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958, approved March 3,
1958, be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 1. It shall be unlawful for any person in the counties of Halifax,
Cumberland and King and Queen to hunt or shoot deer with a rifle and
any wild bird or other wild animal with a rifle larger than twenty-two
caliber using in such rifle any ammunition larger than twenty-two short,
twenty-two long or twenty-two long rifle cartridges; provided, however,
that this section shall not be construed to prohibit any person in Cumber-
land County from shooting woodchucks and crows with a larger rifle except
during open season for hunting in such county.

Any person violating any provisions of this act shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as pro-
vided by law.