Chap. 462.—An ACT to require.a special license for hunting deer and bear in
Botetourt county and to provide that fees collected for such license shall be used
for the payment of damages to crops and livestock by deer and bear in said
county. — — [H B 533]

Approved April 6, 1942

I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That it
shall be unlawful for any person to hunt bear and deer in Botetourt county
without first having obtained a special license, the fee for which shall be
fifty cents annually. , , ,
_ 2, The money received from the sale of such special licenses in said
county shall be paid into.the game protection fund and the net amount
cHs. 462, 463] ACTS OF ASSEMBLY 723

thereof, or so much as may be necessary, shall be used for the payment of
damages to crops by.deer and to livestock by bear in Botetourt county
whenever such damage amounts to ten dollars or more. Such payments
shall be limited to the net amount accruing to the commission from the
sales of such special licenses during the license year.in which the damage
occurred. Any person whose crops are damaged by deer or whose live-
stock is damaged by bear, shall report the same promptly to the game
warden of the county, whose duty it shall be to investigate the same at
once. The claim for damages shall be filed in duplicate under oath on
forms furnished by the commission. If the claimant and game warden
agree as to the amount of damage, the game warden shall approve the
claim and forward it to the commission. If no such agreement is reached
between them, the claim shall be submitted to the arbitration of three
persons in the customary manner and the award of the arbitrators shall
be final and binding.
3. The special license herein provided shall be obtained from the
clerk of the circuit court of Botetourt county and the commission shall
pay such clerk the sum of ten cents for each such license issued by him.

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