Chap. 31.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section thirty-three of an act
entitled an act to provide for the assessment of taxes, &c., approved
March 6th, 1886, in regard to the tax on peddlars.

Approved January 27, 1888.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section thirty-three of chapter four hundred and forty-eight,
to provide for the assessment of taxes and so forth, approved
March sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows: ;

§ 33. On every person for the privilege of peddling or bar- '
tering in any county or corporation, there shall be paid three
hundred dollars for each person or agent so engaged or em-
ployed when he travels on foot, and where he peddles other-
wise than on foot the tax paid shall be five hundred dollars,
except the tax on peddlars of lightning rods, which shall be
fifty dollars. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of the:
revenue issuing a certificate to a person desiring to obtain a |
peddlar’s license, to transmit the same forthwith to the treas-
urer of his county or corporation. It shall be the duty of
such treasurer forthwith to collect the amount required to be |
paid by such person, and on the failure of such person to pay
said amount, the treasurer shall arrest him, and lodge him in the
county jail to await his trial, unless he shall give bond and
security to appear before the county or corporation court on
the first day of the next term. But nothing under this or
the preceding section shall be construed to require of any
farmer or other person a peddlar’s license for selling any com-
modity produced or manufactured by such person, or for the
privilege of selling or peddling farm products, wood or coal.

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