Chap. 189.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sub-sections 2 and 4 of section 2086
of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 1, 1900, entitled
an act to amend and re-enact section 2086 of the Code of Virginia, as amended
and re-enacted by an act approved February 18, 1890, as amended and re-en-
acted by an act approved March 3, 1898, in relation to fishing in the waters of
the Commonwealth, to provide for levying a license tax on fishing devices and
for the collection thereof, and to extend the provisions of said act to all the
waters within the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth.

Approved March 14, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sub-sections
two and four of section twenty hundred and eighty-six of the Code of
Virginia, as amended by an act approved March first, nineteen hundred,
entitled an act to amend and re-enact section twenty hundred and eighty-
six of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act ap-
proved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, as amended
and re-enacted by an act approved March third, eighteen hundred and
ninety-eight, in relation to fishing in the waters of the Commonwealth,
to provide for levying a license tax on fishing devices and for the collec-
tion thereof, and to extend the provisions of said act to all the waters
within the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

82. 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 of fifty cents,
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 every sail
vesgel fishing with purse net of not more than four hundred meshes deep,
five dollars ; on every sail vessel fishing with purse net of more than four
hundred meshes deep, twenty-five dollars; on every steam vessel fishing
with purse net, one hundred dollars; on every pound net, three dollars ;
on every fyke, weir, or other fixed device, one dollar; and on every haul
seine hauled by windlass, horse, or mule power, or other power than hand
or steam, five dollars; on every haul seine operated by steam power, ten
dollars.

84. The oyster inspector shall record in a book to he kept in his
office for that purpose the name of all persons obtaining license for fish-
ing or crabbing; the place at which the net, seine, fyke, weir, or other
fixed device is to be used; the kind of net, seine, fyke, weir, or other fixed
device; the depth of water it is to be used in; the amount of license tax
paid, and the fines or other revenues accruing under this act; and it shall
be the duty of each and every oyster inspector to furnish the board of
fisheries with a monthly report of same. Tach and every oyster inspec-
tor shall report to the board of fisheries, or some commander of the
oyster navy, the failure upon the part of any and all persons to conform
to the provisions of this act; and any such commander shall be, and 1s
hereby, empowered to arrest such person or persons so reported by an
oyster inspector, or who shall be known to him, as not conforming to the
provisions of this act, and carry him or them before some justice of the
peace, or the county or corporation court, if in session, and upon convic-
tion such person or persons shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor
more than two hundred dollars, to be recovered according to law: pro-
vided, that if any such person shall use or set any such purse net, pound
net, fyke net, weir net, or other fixed device, or shall haul or use any
such seine hauled in any other manner than by hand in any of the waters
of this Commonwealth, or waters within the jurisdiction of this Common-
wealth, without having first paid the tax and obtained the license pro-
vided for in this act, he shall be deemed guilty of a violation of the pro-
visions of this act, and shall be liable to the penalty therein imposed.
If any oyster inspector knowingly fails to report violations of this act, or
to perform any of the duties herein required of him, he shall for every
such offense forfeit one hundred dollars. The money collected for license
taxes under this act shall be applied to the support of the government, but
to be accounted for in the general oyster fund of the State; and the
board of fisheries shall make a separate report of the subjects in this act
and the revenue derived therefrom, respectively.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.