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An Act to prohibit the catching of Fish in certain waters with Cod, Gill, or Threshing Nets, by surrounding them. 1859 495 (1859)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0750 and id is 1 raw text is: MISCELLANEOUS. county; and the districts so formed by said commissioners shall be as nearly equal in gr3itory and population as practicable. 3. This act shall be in force from its passage. Commencement CHAP. 284.-An ACT to prohibit the catching of Fish in certain waters with Cod, Gill, or Threshing Nets, by surrounding them. Passed blarch 19, 1860. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, that it shall Certainmodsof cntching fish pro, not be lawful for any person to take or catch fish, by sur-hbitcd. rounding them with what are known as cod, gill or thresh- ing nets, in the waters of York, Severn, Ware, North and lnwhatwaters. Piankatank rivers, and in the Mobjack and Chesapeake bays, opposite to the mouths of said rivers, and adjacent to the shores of.the county of Gloucester, and within three miles thereof; but the provisions of this act shall not be so construed as to prohibit any person from catching fish with such nets, by hauling them to the shores aforesaid, or by setting or staking such nets out in the waters afore- said. 2. Any white person violating the provisions of the Ponaltica. foregoing section of this act, shall forfeit the nets used in violation th2reof, and shall be further subject to a fine of ten dollars for each separate offence, recoverable before any justice of the peace in the county of Gloucester, or in any county in which the offender may reside; and if any slave or free negro shall violate the provisions of said section, he shall be taken before a justice of the peace, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished with stripes, not exceeding thirty for any one offence. CHAr. 285.-An ACT authorizing the Justices of the County Courts of Hanover, Culpeper and Orange to impose a Tax upon Dogs. Pa,,ed ,larch 31, 1860. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, that it shall Whaceounty 495,

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