Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-04-22
FISH, CRAB AND
CLAM LAW.
Text of Bill Passed by the Last
Lesislature-Becomes Opera
tive June IS, 1910.

To amend and re-enact section 20S6 of
the Code Of Virginia, as amended and
re-enacted by an act approved February
Is, 1890; by an act approved March 8,
1898. by an act approved March 1, 1900,
by act approved March Ii, 1902, by act
approved May S, 1908. and by act ap-
proved March II, 1908; and to repeal
the following sections of the Code of
Virginia, and the following acts of the
General Assembly of Virginia, and all
acts or parts of acts in conflict with this
act: Sections 20S3, 2084, 2085, 2087,
2096, 21O0, 2102: an act entitled "An act
to prohibit the catching of blue fish in
the waters of this Commonwealth by
non-residents of this State; to prohibit
the employment Of vessels owned by
non-residents for such fishing; to require
n license tax on residents for such blue
fishing. and to impose a penalty for the
violation of this act," approved May 5,
1908; an act entitled "An act to prohibit
the use Of pound nets and purse nets in
the waters of James and Chicahominy
rivers below tidewater," approved May
16, 1887. rs amended by act approved
March /, 1888; an act entitled "An act
to provide for setting apart. and desig-
mating Grabbing grounds in the waters
Of the Commonwealth, approved Feb
ruary 3, 1900; an act entitled ''An act
to provide for clamming grounds in the
waters of this State" approved March
8. 1894.
l. Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of Virginia. That section two
thousand and eighty-six of the Code of
Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by
an act approved February eighteenth,
eighteen hundred and ninety, by act ap-
proved March third, eighteen hundred
and ninety-eight. by act approved March
first, nineteen hundred. by act approved
March fourteenth, nineteen hundred
and two. by act approved May fifth,
nineteen hundred and three. and by act
approved March fourteenth. nineteen
hundred and eight, be further amended
and re-enacted 80 as to read as follows:
Sec. 2086. License of residents to
fish with purse nets. pound nets. and 80
forth, or for crabs or clans; canning,
packing or marketing fish roe, herring,
crabs or clans; their oath; license tax
required; amount to be paid; how ob-
tanned, how tax collected; the object
thereof; to be accounted for; Gull law
for CLAIMS and certain fish; designation
of certain nets and sizes of mesh; set
ting aside grabbing and claiming
grounds; penalty for concealing boats
name or number; certain duties of in.
spectors and commissioners of the
revenue.
Q) Any resident of this State desir-
ing to fish for market or profit, other
than domestic use, with a purse net,
pound net, fyke net. gill net. haul seine,
sturgeon net. skirt net, weir or other
device, or for blue fish by hand line, in
any of the waters of this Common
wealth, or waters within the jurisdic-
tion of this Commonwealth, shall apply
TO the oyster Inspector OF the district
within which the person 80 applying
resides, except that the applicant for
license to fish with fixed device shall
apply to the oyster inspector of the
district in which the fixed device is pro-
posed to be located, and state on oath
the true name or names of the person
or persons applying for license, that
they are, and have been for twelve
months next preceding. residents OF
this State, the place at which the net
seine, fyke, weir, or other device is tt
oe fished, and that during the period OF
the license they. will not violate any Of
the laws ofsthis State in relation to the
taking and catching of fish: provided
this act shall not apply to any person
using a net solely for the purpose OF
supplying his own table. and provided
no restriction as to being nonresident
shall apply to catching blue fish by hanG
line and provided further. that any per
son. firm or corporation entitled by Law
to fish in any of the waters of thi,
Commonwealth, c or waters within tn,
Jurisdiction of this Commonwealth, de
|. string to take or catch fish therein will
purse nets for the purpose of manu-
featuring the same into oil, fish scrap
or manure. shall first obtain a licens