Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-10

IlSl l.t new kdiHf laws iOl BdAi' -NN
gLsta. and Albemarle counties on deer,
pheasants. Wild turkeys. and partridses?
The game law being SO mixed up IN the
last Legislature, the people UP here 30
not understand IL. therefore. as an Old
subscriber To your paper. ! ask you to
publish it in this weeks paper.
Yours respectfully. W. :. j..
Here they are:
CHAPTER 800.
An Act to Regulate the Killing. Cap
turing. Hunting. Buying. or Selling. or
Offering for Sale cartridges. Wild Tur-
keys. and Pheasants in the County
of Albemarle. and TO Prohibit the Catch.
ing Of Same in Traps. or the Destruction
OF the Eggs OF Same in said County.
(ApprOyed February p. lS9i)
/ BE it enacted by the General As
sembly Of Virginia. That 1t snail be un-
lawful To XII. capture. hunt, buy, sell,
or offer for sale in the county of Abe
marie any cartridges. wild turkeys, or
pheasants between the 18th day OF De-
cember and the list day of November in
each year, or at any time 20 take or
catch the same in traps. o take or
destroy the eggs of sam. Il the said
county.
.. Any person violating the provision Of
this act shall be held guilty Of "A INSIDE
meanor, and shall be fined not less than
s. nor more than 50. or imprisoned not
more than thirty days for each offence.
3. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed.
l. This act shall be In force from Its
passage.
CHAPTER 473.
An Act to Regulate the Killing end Cap
turing OF Deer and Other Jam in the
Counties OF Allegheny, Bath, Highland.
and Augusta.
CApproVed February IS, l89i)
/. Re It enacted by the General Assem-
bly, or Virginia. That it shall not be law
ful to xiii or capture any deer, OF to
chase tn same with dogs in the counties
Of A~llechany. Bath, Highland, and Al
gusta at any time. except between the
first day of October and the first day OF
December of each year.
.. Any person violating the provisions
Of the preceding section shall, for each
offence. be fined not less than so or more
than slO0, and shall be imprisoned in the
county Jail until the fine and costs are
paid. but such imprisonment shall not
exceed the period Of thirty days. one half
Of any fin. IMPOSED under THE act shah
go to the inf0rmtr. The possession Of any
fresh Venison or green dcer-Skins during
the prohibited period shah be prima facie
evidence Of the violation Of this act.
3. IT shall be unlawful to Kill or cap
turc at any time within said COUNTIES the
red-breasted robin. redbirl. catbird. brown
thrush, m~ockinghird. or the barn or chin
ney swallow: and IL shall also be unlawful
10 Xiii or capture the wild turkey, pleas
ant, runled grouse. the partridge or quail,
snipe or woOdcOck at any time in the
counties OF Augusta. Allegheny, ana Bath.
except between the first day of October
and the first day Of December in each
year, except in the county OF Augusta,
where the time for hunting quail shall be
between the Eth day Of October and the
18th day Of December; and any person
violating this section shall be fined not
less han ten dollars for each offence,
one-half of which shall go to the in
former. and the party convicted shall be
confined in tail until the fine and costs
are paid, but such confinement shall no,
exceed ten days 10 each case. All fines
recovered under either Of the preceding
sections hall be paid into the county
school fund Of said county. respectively,
and be accounted for by the treasurer
thereof as other county school funds are
accounted for, except as TO the onc-half
paid to the informer in the cases named.
4. Proceedings under this act may be
by warrant before a justice OF the peace
or by Indictment in the County Court.
8. This act shall be in force from its
paScaCo.