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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 748 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1976, chapter 200; in 1982, chapter 632; in 1992, chapter 836.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1418097,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356620,"identifier":"28.2-306","token":"28.2\/II\/3\/2\/28.2-306","url":"\/28.2-306\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-306\/","token":"28.2\/II\/3\/2\/28.2-306","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of certain fishing devices in certain waters; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-306","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It is unlawful for any person to use any snatch hook, grab hook or gang hook for the purpose of taking or catching <span class=\"dictionary\">fish<\/span> in the Rappahannock River below the Downing Bridge at Tappahannock between January 1 and March 15. 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