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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0643 and id is 1 raw text is: 78 Oysters and Terrapins.
Extent of Jrlu. with tire fifthi section of the act last aforesaid : And provided further,
dtiron of Nut- That the limils and jurisdiction of the said county of Norfolk shall
nt ot be construed to extcnd from the shores or said county be.
yond the centre of James river and the centre of Ilampton Roads, or
beyond the centre of any river forming tie boundary between the
said county of Norfolk ind any other county.
Reciproral privl- 3. All the rights and privileges hereby extendcd to the citizens
geds or oIusitr- of Norfolk county, in tire waters named in the foregoing act, shall
Jllg extemelIII l
I'rinreu Ain be extended to the citizens or the county of Princess Anne; and
and Norfolk
countie., tire like privileges shall be extended to tire citizens of Norfolk county,
in the waters of the said county of Princess Anne.
Commencement. 4. This act shall be in force from its passage,
CHAP. I ,l.-An ACT concerning the tahing of' oysters in York, t'oquosin
and Bfack rivtrs.
[Passed iar , sc q 81.
Wen o,tr. I I. Be it enacted by the gcntial assemnbly, That hereafter it shall
maY k or 'vioslln not be lawful fur the citizens of this state, or any otler state, to take
rivers. or catch more than one bushel of oysters per day, and that only for
the use or his or her table, in the months of June, July and A ugust,
in or from the waters of York or Poquosin rivers and their branches;
Penatly for via- and any person or persons offendiig against the foregoing provisions
lating act. of this section, or knowingly sufflering or permitting his, her or their
servants or slaves, or any servants or slaves in his, her or their service
or employment, to violate the same, shall suffer a penalty of twenly
low rccoV%(r:.llC. dollars, to be recovered by warrant in tire nane of any person who
will sue for the same beflre any justice of the pence of any county
ii which the offince may be commiited, or adjoining th waters in
which the offeace iiay have been commnitted, or in which the defeii-
dat may reside or be found ; or by iindictment, iniformation or pre-
sentiett in any county court, or cireuit superior court of law and
chaicery, of any county where the offence may have been committed,
or in which the offender may reside or be found ; one hialf of suc,
penalty to go to the informer, and the other half to the use of tie com-
Provtso. moniwealth for the benefit of the Literary fuird: Provided, That no-
thig iereii contained shall be so construed as to prevent the taking
and using of oysters caught and planted in the said waters during
file time allowed by law, in the said ioniths of June, July ind Au.
glist.
When oysters 2, Be it fiu'ther enacted, That tihe ninth section of tile act passed
naybe nits- Mlarch twenty-second, eighten hundred and forty-seven, entitled 'an
s MGl.7, c. act concerning oysters and terrapins, and the penalties in regard to
, §9.i1. M7* them, be aind the same is hereby so altered aud aintended, so far as
tile waters of York, Poquosin and ack rivers, aind the branches of
said rivers, are concerned, as to allow the takiiig and catching of oys-
ters in or from the said waters for the purpose of transportation out
of tle state in the. months of April and] May.
Coinmcficent nt. 3. Tits act shall be in force front its passage.
CHAP',. J5.-An ACT concerning oysters in Naiunmond county.
[Passed Starth i0, 18,19.]
Whir may oyster 1. It shall be inlawfiul for ainy one, not an actual inhabitant of
Nn,,o,od Nansemoad counly, to take or catch oysters at any time in tile waters
count[y. over which the jurisdiction of said county extends.
Pennlty ar vio, 2. If aiy one should olfeid against the provisions of this act, he
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