The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-02-04
EOr Protecting Game.
WHOLESOME CHANGES IN TIE GAaE LAWS
srGGEsTED 10 TIE LEGISLATIVE.

WHOLESOME CHANGES u TIE GAaE LAWS
SUGGESTED TO TIE LEGISLATURE.
At a meeting OF the Fish and Game Pro-
tcctiye Association Of Petersburg held in
this city on Thursday the Association
adopted the subjoined petition to the
General Assembly, in which some very cX-
cellent changes in our present game laws
are suggested. The petition explains itself
and reads as follows:
To the Honorable General ASSemtlyof Vir-
qjnid:
Your petitioners, the Fish and Game
Protective Association Of Petersburg, be-
lieyng that the present law for the pr0tec-
ton OF partridge is very defective IN that
il is not uniform throughout the State, and
further believing that the closed season for
paltridgcs and for wild turkeys should he
from March 1st to November 1st Of each
year, and that all trapping and netting OF
partridges and wild waterfowl should be
forbidden by law. respectfully ask your
honorable body to amend the existing game
laws OF the Commonwealth as set forth in
the following draft OF bill:
A Bin to Amend and Reendct Section 1 Of
Chapter II Of the Acts Of the Assembly
Of the Session Of 1850, for the Protec-
ton Of Game, as Amended by az Act
Passed March 9, 1880, and Sections and
4 of Said Chapter Of Said Acts Of As
Sembly.
1. Be il enacted by the General Assembly
Of Virginia, That section | OF chapter Z
OF the Acts Of Assembly OF 1850, for the
protection Of game, as amended by IN act
passed March 8, 1850, and sections 3 and 4
OF said chapter OF said Acts Of Assembly,
be amended and reenacted so as TO read as
follows:
Section 1. No person shall kill or expose
for sale, or have in his or her possession
after the SAME has been killed, any quail,
commonly called partridge, between the
1st day OF March and the lst day OF No
vember OF each year.
Section 3. 1t shall not be lawful for any
person to kill or capture, or have in his
possession any wild waterfowl in this
State between the Isl day OF May and the
1St day OF September OF each year; nor
shall it be lawful to kill or capture such
waterfowl at any time during the night
that is, between dark and daybreak; nor
shall it he lawful to Kill wild waterfowl
except with gun that can be raised and
fred at arms length without rest. Wild
geese may be killed either during the
day or night provided, that in no ease
shall Neutrality-suspicious. lamps, or lights
OF any kind be used in shooting wild
geese in the night time provided further,
that nothing in this act shall apply to wild
duck, commonly called wood or summer
duck, or the wild fowl known rs and com
monty called sora : provided further, that
no sloop or other decked boat shall be al
lowed at any time TO be used in the day or
night i'm the aid OF those engaged in killing
wild Waterfowl OF any description IN this
State: and provided further, that no person
shall mt any time within the limits OF this
State trap or net with any device for so
trapping or netting any quail--commonly
called partridge-or wild waterfowl OF any
kind, or shall disturb the nest OF any such
bird or waterfowl.
Section 4. IL shall not be lawful to Kill or
capture wild turkeys between the LIST day
OF March and the lst day OF November of
each year, nor at any time by traps OF any
kind
2. This net shall be in force from its
passage.
A committee was appointed to wait upon
our Representatives in the Legislature and
request their influence in obtaining the
legislation proposed In the petision.-in-
der-Appedl.