Chap. 545.—An ACT to amend section 2 of an act of the general assembly ap-
proved May 5, 1903, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 2086 of the
Code of Virginia, with several amendments thereto, so far as it relates to the
counties of King George and Stafford.

Approved December 31, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section two
of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved May fifth, nine
teen hundred and three, amending section twenty hundred and eighty-
six of the Code of Virginia, with several amendments thereto, be further
amended and re-enacted so as to read: as follows:

§ 2. “Every such resident who shall apply for such license to catch or
take fish from the waters of the Commonwealth, or the waters within the
jurisdiction of the Commonwealth, in addition to the fee aforesaid, shall
pay to the oyster inspector of such district a specific license tax, which
shall be in lieu of all taxes levied upon such persons, for taking and
catching fish, or for selling the products thereof, as follows: On each
sail vessel fishing with purse nets, of not more than four hundred meshes
deep, five dollars; on each sail vessel fishing with purse net of more than
four hundred meshes deep, twenty-five dollars ; on each steam vessel fish-
ing with purse net, one hundred dollars: on each pound net, three dol-
lars; on each fyke, weir, or other fixed device, or gill nets used in shad
and herring fishing for market or profit, one dollar, and on each haul
seine, hauled by windlass, horse or mule power, or other power than
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hand or steam, five dollars; on each haul seine operated by steam power,
ten dollars” :

Provided, that in the counties of King George and Stafford any pound,
fyke, or weir set in water less than six feet in depth shall be assessed a
license tax of one dollar—twenty-five cents of which shall go to the in-
spector in full of his fees.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.