Chap. 295.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 32 of chapter 247, acts 1930,
relating to permits under the game and fish laws. [H B 392]

Approved March 26, 1936

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion thirty-two of chapter two hundred and forty-seven, Acts nine-
teen hundred and thirty, be and the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:

Section 32. Miscellaneous permits required.—It shall be unlawful
to exercise the privileges of the permits hereinafter provided without
first having obtained a permit to do so. Any person or firm con-
victed of such violation shall pay a fine of not more than one hun-
dred dollars and the permit shall be revoked. The issuance of all
of the permits provided by this section shall be within the discretion
of the commission and under such regulations as it may prescribe,
including such reports as it may require. The permit shall run by
the fiscal year, July first to June thirtieth, inclusive.

Breeding pheasants.—The fee for a permit to breed pheasants
for sale shall be five dollars; provided that permits may be issued
free to individuals raising fifty birds or less annually.

Guides——The fee for a permit to act as paid guide for bear, deer
or elk hunts, or to furnish dogs for such hunting where permitted
by law, shall be five dollars; provided, further, that the fee for a
permit to any professional guide for other than bear, deer or elk
hunting shall be two dollars and fifty cents. Permits may be issued
free to persons in the employ of hunting clubs, or members thereof,
to act as guide while on club property.

Fur farming.—The fee for a permit to breed furbearing animals
for the sale of the furs or carcasses shall be five dollars.

Breeding fish—The fee for a permit to breed and raise rainbow
trout for sale from a privately owned hatchery where the same are
artificially raised shall be five dollars.

Taxidermy.—The fee for a permit to stuff or mount birds or
animals, or parts thereof, for compensation or for sale shall be five
dollars.

Netting fish—The fee for a permit to net fish in inland waters,
for private table use and not for sale, shall be as follows: county dip
net, gill net or fyke net, one dollar each; haul seine, two dollars and
fifty cents ; minnow haul seine to catch minnows for sale, except from
private waters, two dollars and fifty cents; haul seines to catch shad,
herring and mullet, or suckers, for sale, five dollars.

Holding wild birds and animals——The fee for a permit to hold
wild birds and animals in captivity for exhibition or advertising pur-
poses shall be five dollars; provided that the commission may issue
free permits to landowners to capture and hold wild birds and animals
for breeding and liberation to increase the supply, which shall be
liberated when and as directed by the commission.

Breeding game birds and game animals.—The fee for a permit to
breed and raise wild game birds and wild game animals, which may
be sold for propagation or restocking purposes, shall be five dollars.

Collecting specimens.—There shall be no charge for a permit to
collect specimens of wild birds, their nests, eggs or young, in limited
quantity, for scientific or museum purposes. Such permits may only
be issued to persons of known scientific attainment in ornithology,
a teacher of ornithology, or the agent of a public museum,

The commission may authorize the capture of breeding stock for
fur farmers and game and fish breeders in such manner as it may
determine, which shall not be liberated or disposed of except as
directed by said commission. The permits provided for in this section
may be obtained from the commission except that county dip net
permits shall be sold by clerks and agents. All acts, general or
special, in conflict with the provisions hereof, and all amendments
thereto, are hereby repealed. The provisions hereof shall become
effective July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-six.