Chap. 272.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 882 of the Code of Virginia
as last amended by an act approved March 15, 1924. [S B 399]

Approved March 19, 1928.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
eight hundred and eighty-two of the Code of Virginia, as last amended
by an act approved March fifteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 882. Unlawful to dispose of nursery stock until a certificate
of registration is obtained; fee; expiration of certificate—It shall be
unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, either for himself or as
agent for another, to offer for sale, sell, deliver, or give away, within
the bounds of this State, any plants, or parts of plants, commonly
known as nursery stock, unless such person, firm or corporation shall
have first procured from the State entomologist a certificate of registra-
tion, which certificate shall contain such rules and regulations concern-
ing the sale of nursery stock as the State entomologist may prescribe,
who shall have full power, and is hereby authorized and required to
cancel and withdraw any certificate upon satisfactory evidence that
any of the rules and regulations governing the sale of nursery stock
within this State have been violated by the holder of the same. The
State entomologist shall not issue any certificate of registration except
upon the payment of the sum of ten dollars for each nurseryman or
dealer, and one dollar additional for each agent of such nurseryman
or dealer. All such certificates as may be granted shall expire on the
thirty-first day of August next following the date of issue. There
shall be no abatement in the said sum of ten dollars to be paid for
the certificate of registration, nor shall there be any abatement in the
said sum of one dollar additional for each agent. The State entomo-
logist shall monthly or oftener, if called upon by the comptroller, make
to the comptroller a detailed report of all moneys collected by the State
entomologist under this section and shall at the same time pay such
moneys into the general fund of the State treasury. Any person, firm
or corporation, either for himself or as agent for another who shall sell,
offer for sale, deliver, or give away any plants or parts of plants com-
monly known as nursery stock without having in his possession a
certificate of registration as herein provided for, or without exhibit-
ing the same to each and every person to whom he shall sell, or offer
to sell, deliver, or give away any such plants, or parts of plants, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by a fine of not less than twenty dollars nor more than
one hundred dollars for each such offense.

2. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from its passage.