Chap. 688.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 556 of the code, prescribing
when commissioners to return lists of licenses to auditor, and what list to
contain.

Approved March 8, 189.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
five hundred and fifty-six of the code be amended and re-enacted to
read as follows: .

§ 556. When commissioners to return lists of licenses to auditor
and clerks; what list to contain; .auditor to furnish forms.—Every
six months, to-wit: the first day of July and the thirty-first day of
December of each year, the commissioner shall return, on oath, to
the auditor of public accounts and to the clerk of the court of the
county or corporation, a fair classified list of all licenses granted by
him within the last preceding six months, embracing all such
licenses as were not contained in any preceding report; and if no
licenses were issued, he shall report the fact, on oath, at the time
aforesaid. In each class of licenses the names of the persons
licensed shall also be arranged alphabetically; and such liat shall
specify the date of each license and the time it terminates; for
what it was granted; the name of the person, firm or company to
whom granted; the amount of tax on the license; to whom paid;
and if paid to the deputy of any county or city treasurer, shall state
also the name of his principal; and shall also show the data on
which his calculation of the tax was made. It shall be the duty of
the auditor of public accounts to furnish to each commissioner
printed forms and oaths for authenticating such lists or reports as
above indicated, and the commissioner shall make report according
to such forms. Any commissioner failing to make such report at
the times specified shall forfeit not less than one hundred nor more
than five hundred dollars, and unless a reasonable excuse is given,
shall forfeit all compensation to be received from the treasury.