JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1832.

regulations or by-laws, be not repugnant to the constitution
and laws of this State, or of the United States.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the present officers of
the said Society shall continue in their respective stations
until an election shall be made under this act, and the rules
and by-laws and ordinances now in force, not inconsistent
with the constitution and laws of this State, or of the
United States, shall be good and valid, until altered,
amended, or abrogated by the corporation.

CHAP. 134.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the hall or halls of au-
dience or of meeting, being the property of the said So-
ciety, and the furniture of the same, and their collection of
plants, books, maps, charts, drawings, plans, models,
and other specimens of art and nature of whatsoever
kind, shall be free from all taxes and public dues of
every kind.

Exempt from tax

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall be in
force for twenty-five years from the date thereof, and from
that time until the same be repealed.

Limit 25 years.

CHAPTER 134.

An ad for the preservation of Wild Fowl in the Potomac
River, and its tributary streams.

Passed Mar.5, 1833

WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Virginia, on the third day of March, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, passed
an act, entitled, "an act lor the preservation of fish and
wild fowl in the waters of the Potomac and its tributary
streams." Now, in order to give full effect to the afore-
said law of the Commonwealth of Virginia, so far as it
regards the shooting of wild fowl, and ior the further pur-
pose of suppressing the mal-practices of divers persons
who use such means of killing wild fowl, that they are in
danger of being wholly destroyed or driven from the waters
of this State to the great detriment of the citizens thereof
and the community at large; And whereas, it is represent-
ed to this Legislature by a large and respectable number
of the citizens of this State, that persons living upon the
waters of the Potomac and its tributary streams are sub-
jected to great danger of being shot when engaged in
their ordinary vocations, by persons firing off guns of im-
mense size from floats, regardless of what direction they

Preamble.