Chap. 167.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2169 of chapter 97 of the
Code of Virginia, in relation to payment of fines to oyster inspectors or police
captains.

Approved March 12, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-one hundred and sixty-nine of chapter ninety-seven of the Code
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 2169. May be paid to inspector or police captain for any fine im-
posed by this chapter.—The person liable therefor may pay the inspector or
the captain of police boat such sum as may be agreed upon by such person
and the inspector, and all costs; and thereupon such person shall be dis-
charged from all legal proceedings instituted or which might be insti-
tuted against him for such offense: provided, that the amount so agreed
upon be not less than the minimum fine imposed for such offense.

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