CHAP. 507.--An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3181 of the Code of Virginia.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section thirty-one hundred and eighty-one of the Code of Virginia, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 3181. Hauling seines and setting traps in the waters of Accomac and Northampton. No person shall haul seines or set weirs or traps of any kind for the purpose of taking or catching fish in the waters of Accomac or Northampton counties at or within the mouth or inlet, or in any creek, stream or body of water, or in thoroughfares in said counties, between the fifteenth day of May and the first day of September in any year; but, it shall be lawful at any time except during the months of July and August to haul seines or set weirs or traps for the purpose of taking or catching fish on eastern or ocean side of Accomac and Northampton counties, provided the seines, weirs and traps shall not be of a smaller mesh than two inches, stretched measure. This section shall not apply to taking fish known as "fatback," nor be construed to prohibit the hauling of seines for family use in the waters of the north fork of Old Plantation Creek in the jurisdiction of Northampton county, within the limits prescribed in chapter two hundred and eleven of the acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-six and seventy-seven, during the months of June, July and August, nor to interfere with the privilege of taking fish in Chesapeake bay. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall for each offense be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and upon conviction all seines, weirs and traps, boats and other appliances used in such violation shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth.