CHAP. 398.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2099 of the
EE code of Virginia, 1887, with relation to license required for catch-
ing fish for oil or manure.

Approved February 25, 1892.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section two thousand and ninety-nine of the code of
Virginia be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read
as follows:

§ 2039. Every person who owns a seine, purse-net, or
vessel of any description, to be engaged in catching fish to
be manufactured into oil or manure, or selling them to any
person engaged in the manufacture of such oil or manure,
or vessel in which to carry them to the factory, shall first
obtain from the county court of the county in which he
resides a certificate authorizing him to obtain a license to
carry on said business; and before issuing such certificate
the judge of the county court shall require the person ap-
plying for the same to state on oath the true names of the
persons owning the seine, purse-net, vessel, or vessels, and
all apparatus thereunto belonging, or who are to be inter-
cated. in fishing therewith; that they are and have been for
twelve months next preceding residents of this state; that
they will not take or catch fish with any non-residents;
that the nets and vessels thus to be employed by them in
catching fish for manufacturing oi] or manure, as afore-
said, are not held by an agreement or charter, with inten-
tion to return the same at any subsequent time to a non-
resident, and that during the period of the license they will
not violate any of the laws of this state in regard to the
taking or catching of fish: provided, however, that nothing
herein shall be construed to prevent the owner of the seine,
purese-net, or vessel aforesaid, from employing any non-res-
ident to command or work said seine, purse-net, or vessel.

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