Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-19
New FISH LaMs

New Fish Lave
Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of Virginia. that section two
thousand and eighty. six of the Code
of Virginia, in relation to license to
residents to fish with purse nets.
pound nets, and so forth, as amended
and re enacted by an act approved
February eighteenth, eighteen hun
dred and ninety, be amended and re.
enacted so as to read as follows:
/. Any resident of this State desir
ing to fish with purse net, pound
net, fyke-net, weir. or other fixed
device except gill net or trot line,
or haul seine hauled in other manner
than by hand in any of the waters of
this Commonwealth, shall apply to
the oyster inspector of the district
within which the person so applying
resides, and state on oath the true
name of the person or persons apply
ing for such license, that they are
and have been for the twelve months
next preceding residents of this
State, the place at which the net,
seine, fyke, weir, or other fixed device
is to be fished, and that during the
period of the license they will not vi
olate any of the laws of the State in
relation to the taking and catching
of fish. Such oyster inspector shall
thereupon grant license to use such
net, fyke, weir or other fixed device,
of any size mesh. or haul seine haul
ed in any other manner than by hand.
during any season of the year, and
state in such license the name or
names of the person or persons who
shall use the same. the place at which
it is to be located or used, the depth
of water to be used in,. and the
amount of taxes as hereinafter pro-
vided: provided, however, that 1t
shall be lawful for resident of this
State to employ any vessel OF net
owned within or without this State
for the purpose of taking and catch
ing fish; provided that nothing in
this act shall be construed TO permit
fishing in portions of the York river
prohibited By law and in seasons pro
hibited by law in said river, and pro-
vided also that nothing in this act
shall be construed to permit fishing in
James river, Nansemond river, Eliza
beth river, Chickahominy river or
within one mile of the mouth OF
either, or in the tributaries of either
in any manner or with any net pro
hibited by law; nor be go construed
as to require license or impose tax.
for the privilege of taking and catch
ing fish by any resident in any man
ner for the use of such resident or
his family For granting such Ii
cense the oyster inspector shall re
ceive fee of one doller from each
person so applying, except, where the
license is to fish in water Of six to
twelve feet deep, the inspector shall
receive fee of fifty cents from the
person so applying.
2. Every such resident who shall
apply for such license to catch or take
fish fro1o the waters of the Common
wealth, in addition to the fee of one
dollar, shall pay to the oyster in.
spector of such district specific IL
cense tax, which shall be in lieu of
all taxes levied upon such person for
the taking and catching fish or for
selling the products thereof. as fol
lows: On every sail vessel, fishing
with purse net of not more than four
hundred meshes deep, five dollars:
on every sail vessel, fishing with
purse nets of more than four hundred
meshes deep, twenty five dollars; on
every steam vessel, fishing with purse
net, one hundred dollars; on every
pound net, fyke, weir, or other fixed
device, to be fished in water of six to
twelve feet deep, one dollar; on every
pound net, fyke, weir, or other fixed
device, to be fished in water twelve to
thirty feet deep, five dollars; on every
pound-net, fyke, weir, or other fixed
device, to be fshed in water more
than thirty feet deep, ten dollars;
depth of water to be based upon
measurements at mouth of main
pound; on every haul seine, hauled
by windlass, horse or mule power, or
other power than hand or steam, five
dollars; on every haul seine operated
by steam power, ten dollars.
3. Any resident of this State de-
string to fish for crabs with scrapes
in any of the waters of the Common.
wealth, shall apply to the oyster in
l'spector of the district within which
the person so applying resides, and
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such person or persons so applying,
and that they are and have been for
the twelve months next preceding
residents of this State. Such oyster
inspector shall thereupon issue to the
person or persons so applying q IL
cense for the purpose OF taking or
catching crabs. and the oyster in
! spector shall mark upon the star
board bow of such PERSONS boat the
number of such license in conspicu-
Gus figures of not less than five inch
es in length, preceded in all cases by
the number of the oyster district, and
the letter G, example: 4 c l, 4 G 2,
az. The oyster inspector shall re
cord in book. to be kept in his Of
flee for that purpose, the name of all
persons obtaining license for fishing