CHAP. 532. -- An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled "an act to amend and re-enact section 2088 of the code of Virginia, in relation to hauling seines or setting traps in the waters of Accomac and Northampton counties," approved March 3d, 1892.

§ 2088. Hauling seines or setting traps in the waters of Accomac and Northampton.----No person shall haul seines or set weirs or trap 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 r counties between the fifteenth day of May and the first day of September in any year; provided it shall be lawful during said prohibited period to catch fish with draw seines in the waters of Chincoteague inlet and its tributaries, and in the waters along the eastern or ocean side of Matomkin district, in Accomac county; and provided the catch of fish shall be for home consumption and not for sale outside of the county. "Mouth" and "inlet," as used in this section, shall be construed as commencing one mile beyond headlands or marshes bordering on said creeks, streams or bodies of water. This section shall not apply to taking of fish known as "fatbacks," 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 eighteen hundred 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 offence, be fined not less than fifty nor more than one ,hundred dollars, and all seines, boats and other appliances used in such violation shall be forfeited to the commonwealth.