Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-03-22
GAME LAWS.
Robins Cannot be Killed Now, Nor
Ducks After April Isl.

Ou dtISnIlOn mas Deen called TO the
fact that the last Legislature amend
ed the law of 1903, and does not permit
robins to be killed after March 1st. This
is wise law.
Extracts from the law of 1906, which
supercedes the law of 1903, follow:
1. 1t shall be unlawful for any person
to shoot at, kill, or capture any wild
water fowl or wild turkey at any time
during the night in this State, or at
any time to capture them in traps or
nets or other contrivances, or to use
refectors or other lights, or sneak boats
or artificial islands in detecting or
capturing or shooting of wild fowl or
game Of any kind, or to hunt or shoot
muskrats at night with light in the
Ildewater sections of the State, or to
shoot at any game on land or water in
this State with a gun larger than an
eight bore. All sneak boats, nets, traps
orrehectors or other unlawful appliances
so used or found in the possession Of
any person shall be seized by any game
warden or other officer and held by him
as evidence. The possession of any of
said guns, sneak boats, nets, traps,
refiectors or other unlawful appliances
shall be prima facie evidence of the
guilt of the person in whose possession
they are found
2. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to kill or capture, or buy,
offer for sale, or have in possession,
any winter wild water fowl between
April the first and October the fifteenth,
or summer or wood ducks between
January the first and August the first,
or any rails, mud hens, gallinules,
plovers, except black breast plover,
green head plover, and white plover,
snipe, except Wilson or English snipe
or Robin snipes, ,sand-pipers, or tattlers,
between January the first and July the
twentieth, or robins between March the
first and December fifteenth. The
possession of any of said game birds or
game animals, or parts thereof, during
the season in which it is unlawful to
hunt. kill, chase or capture the same,
shall be prima facie evidence of the
guilt of the party in whose possession
they are found.
3. 1t shall be unlawful to shoot or
otherwise hunt any wild fowl or any
game birds or game animals protected
by the laws of this State later than
half hour after sunset or earlier
than an half an hour before sunrise. or
to shoot or hunt any game in this State
on Sunday.
A. Any person violating any of the
provisions of this section shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
shall be punished by a fine of not
less than five or more than fifty dollars,
or imprisoned in Jail for not more than
thirty days, or both fined and imprison-
ed, at the discretion of the Justice or
jury trying the case.
5. All acts or parts of acts in con-
fiict with this section are hereby re-
pealed, but the board of supervisors of
any county shall have the power to
shorten the open season in their. said
county and may permit the shipment of
wild water fowl from said county or
out of the State, and may further
protect the game within their said
county, and may include in such pro-
lection other game not specifically
mentioned in this section.
6. Nothing in this section shall be
construed to refer to the bird known as
SOra