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game birds, for shipment to a point without the State, shall be prima facie evidence 

 that the same were killed, and are possessed within the State for a purpose other than 

 that of being consumed as food within the State. 

 Approved November 24, 1896. 



Laws of 1904, No. 128, p. 167. 



License; Game fund: Sec. 2. Such [nonresident deer hunting] license shall be 

 issued by the fish and game commissioners of the state upon application in writing 

 and the payment of fifteen dollars; and under such rules and regulations to be estab- 

 lished by the fish and game commissioners as may be required to carry out the intent of 

 this act. All money received for such licenses shall be forthwith paid to the state 

 treasurer, an I may be expended by the fish and game commissioners in the pro- 

 tection of fish and game. 



Approved October 21, 1904. 



Laws of 1906, No. 155. 



License; Game fund: Sec 1. [Requires nonresidents to procure a license to hunt 

 ruffed grouse, woodcock, quail, ducks, English snipe, geese, and plover; fee $5; 

 license to be issued by town clerk, who after deducting 25 cents as his compensation, 

 is required to remit the balance to the fish and game commissioner.] 



Approved December 18, 1906. 



VIRGINIA. 



Code of 1904, title 27, chap. 95, p. 1041. 



Seizure; Disposition of seized property; Prima facie evidence: Sec. 2070a 

 [As amended by Acts of 1906, chap. 237.] * * * All sneak boats, nets, traps or 

 reflectors or other unlawful appliances so used [in killing any game] or found in 

 the possession of any person shall be seized by any game warden or other officer and 

 held by him as evidence, but the same shall not be destroyed except by the order of 

 the court or justice having jurisdiction, upon warrants duly issued, which said court 

 or justice shall, upon satisfactory evidence of the guilt of the party, or of the unlawful 

 nature of the article seized, order the same to be destroyed. The possession of any 

 of said guns, sneak boats, nets, traps, reflectors, or other unlawful appliances shall 

 be prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person in whose possession they are 

 found. * * * The possession of any of said game birds or game animals, or parts 

 thereof, protected by the laws of this State, during the season in which it is unlaw- 

 ful 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. * * * 



City and county wardens: Sec 2070b. It shall be the duty of the city or cor- 

 poration court of the cities, or the judges thereof, in vacation, on the application of 

 five resident freeholders of any city, to appoint two suitable persons in such city as 

 game wardens, whose jurisdiction shall be confined to their respective cities, and 

 where the board of supervisors of any county shall, by resolution of record in the 

 minutes of said board, request the judge of the circuit court for said county so 

 to do, the said judge shall, upon the application of five resident freeholders of any 

 magisterial district in said county, appoint one suitable person in such magisterial 

 district as game warden, whose jurisdiction shall be confined to said magisterial dis- 

 trict; when the said appointment is made by the judge, in vacation, he shall certify 

 the same to the clerk of his court, who shall enter the same in the order book of his 

 court in the same manner as if made in term. 



Term: (2) The said wardens shall hold office for the term of four years from the 

 date of their appointment, unless sooner removed from office, and shall qualify 

 according to law. 



Powers; Duties; Arrest; Trial; Warrant: (3) It shall be the duty of said 



