CHAP. 630.--An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2088 of thecode of Virginia, in relation to hauling seines, or setting traps in the waters of Accomac and Northampton counties.

§2088. Hauling seines or setting traps in waters of Accomac and Northampton counties.--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 of, or in any creek, stream, or body of water, or in thoroughfares in the said counties, between the fifteenth day of May and the first day of September in any year: provided that it shall be lawful during said prohibited period to catch fish with draw seines in the waters of Chincoteague inlet and its tributaries. "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 the taking of fish known as "fat backs," 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 offence, be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, one-half of which shall be to the informer, and all seines, boats other appliances used in such violation shall be forfeited to the commonwealth.