Chap. 389.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2131 of the code of Vir-
ginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-
enact sections 2181, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2137, 2148, 2161, 2153, and to repeal sec-
tions 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145 and 2147 of chapter 97 of the code of Vir-
ginia, in relation to oysters, and to add independent sections thereto.

Approved February 24, 18%.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-one hundred and thirty-one of chapter ninety-seven of the
code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an
act to amend and re-enact section twenty-one hundred and thirty-
one of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections twenty-
one hundred and thirty-one, twenty-one hundred and thirty-three,
twenty-one hundred and thirty-four, twenty-one hundred and thirty-
five, twenty-one hundred and thirty-seven, twenty-one hundred and
forty-eight, twenty-one hundred and fifty-one, twenty-one hundred
and fifty-three, and to repeal sections twenty-one hundred and forty-
one, twenty-one hundred and forty-two, twenty-one hundred and
forty-three, twenty-one hundred and forty-four, twenty-one hundred
and forty-five and twenty-one hundred and forty-seven of chapter
ninety-seven of the code of Virginia, in relation to oysters, and to
add independent sections thereto, approved February twenty-fifth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be amended and re-enacted s0 as
to read as follows: °

§ 2131. Inspectors of oysters; appointment and removal; term,
qualification and bond.—The county or corporation court of each
county or city, or the judge thereof in vacation, in which oysters are
caught or planted, shall, on or before the first day of May next, ap-
point for the county or city one or more inspectors of oysters, whose
term of office shall commence on May first, eighteen hundred and
ninety-two, and who shall continue in office for the term of two
years, but may be removed by the court for any malfeasance, mis-
feasance, incompetency or gross neglect of official duty, and such
removal shall be deemed a vacation of the office. All the vacancies
in the office shall be filled by the court, or the judge thereof in va-
cation. Every inspector shall, before the court which appoints him,
or the judge thereof in vacation, take the oaths and give bond pre-
scribed by chapter thirteen of the code of Virginia.

The bond shall be in a penalty not less than two thousand dol-
lars.

The clerk of the court shall transmit a copy of the bond to the
auditor of public accounts within thirty days after its execution.

An inspector appointed under this section shal] be skilled in and
acquainted with the oyster industry.

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