CHAP. 85.--An ACT to amend and re-enact sub-section 7 of section 2086 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended.
Approved February 29, 1916.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sub-section seven of section twenty eighty-six, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:
Sub-section 7. It shall be unlawful to set or fish any pound net within the York river, above a line drawn from Yorktown in the county of York to Gloucester Point in the county of Gloucester, Poquosin river, Back river, Chickahominy river, Elizabeth river or Nansemond river, or any of the tributaries thereof, or in the James river above a straight line drawn from Blunt Point in Warwick county, to the mouth of Smithfield creek, in Isle of Wight county, or to set pound nets within one mile from either side of the mouth of the Lynnhaven river, or between the hours of sunset and sunrise, during any night to set or fish any gill net, or crab line in any waters of Lynnhaven river above bottoms leased or rented to another person or persons for the purpose of planting oysters; and any and all pound net stakes driven in the river's or their tributaries allowed by law shall be withdrawn by the owner when no longer in actual use, for fishing purposes.
No person shall plant oysters, or place stakes or other obstructions in Chesapeake bay within half mile of the shore, between Cape Henry and the Norfolk county line, where a seine is licensed to be laid out, set or hauled, without the consent of the riparian owner. Nor shall any person operate any device for taking clams within three quarters 3/4 of a mile of the shore lying between Lynnhaven inlet and Willoughby spit pier in Norfolk county.
2. An emergency existing because of the approach of the fishing season, this act shall take effect from its passage.