Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-09
NEW FISH LAW.

les of Virginia as Passed by
the Legislature now in Ses-
sion.
Following is the full text OF the
new fish law, the chief amendments Is
to the law of two years ago being rel
ative to the taxes on pound nets.
When the bill came up on its passage
Mr., Hunley, of Mathews, moved
to amend 10y inserting a provision
that no license should be granted to
set a pound net in Chesapeake Bay
within 500 yards of one already IL
censed. Messrs. Mathews, Gouldman
and Garnett opposed the amendment,
which was lost, and the bill passed.
presented as a Committee bill from
the Committee on Fish and Game).
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, and by act approved
March third, eighteen hundred and
ninety-eight, be further amended and
re.enacted so as to read as follows:
Sec. 20S6. License of residents to
tish with purse nets, pound nets and
so forth, or for crabs; their oath; Ii.
cense tax required; amount to be paid;
how obtained; how tax collected; the
object thereof to be accounted for
Any resident of this state desiring to
fish with purse net, pound net, fyke
net, weir or other fixed device, except
a gill net or hand line, or haul seine,
hauled in other manner than by
hand, in any of the waters within the
jurisdiction of this commonw wealth,
shall apply to the oyster inspector OF
the district or subdivision of the dis
trict within which the person SO ap-
plying resides, and state on oath the
true name or names of the person OF
persons applying for such license
that they are and have been fol
twelve months next preceding resi-.
dents of this State, the place at which
the net seine, fyke. weir or other fixed
device is to be fished, and that dur.
ing the period of the license they will
not violate any of the laws of this
State in relation to the taking and
catching of fish. Such oyster in.
spector shall thereupon grant a Ii.
cense to use such net, fyke, weir OF
other fixed device, of any size mesh
or haul seine hauled in any Other
manner than by hand during any
season of the year, and state in suct
license the name or names of the per.
son or persons who shall use tn,
same, the place at which it is to b,
located or used, the depth of water
to be used in, and the season fo
which said license is granted, which
season shall begin on the first day O.
February in any year, and end on tn,
thirty-frst day of January of tn,
year following, the amount of tax a
is hereinafter provided: provided
however, that it shall be lawful fo
a resident of this State to emplo
any vessel or net owned within o
without this State for the purpose O
taking and catching fish; provided
that nothing in this act shall be con
strued to permit fishing in portion
of York river prohibited by law, an,
in seasons prohibited by law in sal
river, and in seasons prohibited b
law in other sections of the State
and provided also, that nothing il
this act shall be construed to permi
fishing in James river, Nansemon,
river, Elizabeth river, Chickahomin
river, or within one mile of the moutl
of either, or in the tributaries O
either, In any manner or with an
net now prohibited by law; nor to b
construed as to require license @
impose tax for the privilege of TAX
ing and catching fish by any residen
in any manner for the use of sue
resident or his family. For grant
ing such license the oyster inspectc
shall receive fee Of fifty cents fror
each person so applying, and for eac
license granted, except where the l
cense is to fish in water of less tha
twelve feet deep, the inspector shal
receive a fee of twenty-five cents froi