Chap. 384.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3 and 5 of an act approved

February 25, 1892, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 2131, 2133,
2134, 2135, 2137, 2148, 2151, 2153, and to repeal sections 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144,
2145, and 2147 of chapter 97 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to oysters, and
to add independent sections thereto, as amended by an act approved March 2,
1900, entitled an act to amend and re-enact independent section 5 of an act of
the general assembly of Virginia, in relation to oysters, approved March 5, 1894,
as amended and re-enacted by chapter 997 of the acts of assembly of 1897-8,
amending and re-enacting independent sections 5 and 8, approved March 4, 1898,
and as amended by an act approved March 5, 1894, entitled an act to amend and
re-enact sections 2131, 2135, 2137, 2148, and the independent sections 3, 5, 8,
and 10, and to repeal section 9 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact
sections 2131, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2137, 2148, 2151, 2153, and to repeal sections
2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, and 2147 of chapter 97 of the Code of Virginia, in
relation to oysters, and to add independent sections thereto, approved February
25, 1892, and to amend and re-enact sections 2150, 2164, and 2182 of the Code
of Virginia, and to add independent sections thereto, and to repeal an act en-
titled an act to amend and re-enact sections 3 and 5 of an act entitled an act to
amend and re-enact sections 2131, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2148, 2151, 2153, and to
repeal sections 2141, 2142, 2143, 2145, and 2147 of chapter 97 of the Code of
Virginia, in relation to oysters, and to add independent sections thereto, ap-
proved February 25, 1892, which was approved March 2, 1894.

Approved March 28, 1902.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections

ree and five of an act approved February twenty-fifth, eighteen hun-
‘ed and ninety-two, 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, as amended by an act approved March second, nineteen hundred,
entitled an act to amend and re-enact independent section five of an act
of the general assembly of Virginia in relation to oystcrs, approved
March fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, as amended and re-
enacted by chapter nine hundred and ninety-seven of the acts of assem-
bly of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven-eight, amending and re-enact-
ing independent sections five and eight, approved March fourth, eighteen
hundred and ninety-eight, and as amended by an act approved March
fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled an act to amend and
re-enact sections twenty-one hundred and thirty-one, twenty-one hun-
dred and thirty-five, twenty-one hundred and thirty-seven, twenty-one
hundred and forty-eight, and the independent sections three, five, eight,
and ten, and to repeal section nine 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, and to amend and re-enact sections
twenty-one hundred and fifty, twenty-one hundred and sixty-four, and
twenty-one hundred and eighty-two of the Code of Virginia, and to add
independent sections thereto, and to repeal an act entitled an act to
amend and re-enact sections three and five 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 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-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, which was approved March second,
eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:
§ 3. Any resident of this State owning a boat to be used in taking or
catching oysters from the natural oyster rocks, beds, or shoals, with ordi-
nary oyster tongs, shall apply to the inspector of the county or district
where he resides, on or before the first day of September of each year,
and have said boat registered. The inspector shall register said boat,
and prescribe for said boat a number corresponding with the number of
boats registered, which number of boats and number of district he shall
cause to be plainly marked or stamped upon the prow of said boat. For
said registration annually the owner of the boat shall pay to the inspector
a fee of fifty cents. Any resident of this State owning a boat to be used
in taking or catching oysters from the natural oyster rocks, beds, or
shoals, with patent oyster tongs, shall apply to the inspector of the
county or district where he resides, on or before the first day of Septem-
ber of each year, and have said boat registered. The inspector shall reg-
ister said boat and prescribe for said boat a number corresponding with
the number of boats registered for working patent tongs, which number
of boats and number of district he shall cause to be plainly marked or
stamped on the prow of said boat; that stamp or mark shall be P., T.,
and the number of boat registered, and under the number of the boat the
number of his district—for example, “P. T.}” shows that the boat is reg-
istered for patent tongs number one, and registered in district number
one, in Accomac county. For said registration annually the owner of the
boat shall pay to the inspector a fee of fifty cents. Any person violating
any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than ten nor
more than thirty dollars, to be recovered as other fines are recovered.

Any inspector who shall fail to cause such number of boat and number
of district to be plainly marked or stamped on the prow of said boat, as
herein provided for, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than thirty
dollars, to be recovered as other fines are recovered.

§ 5. Any person, being a resident of this State, who shall be desirous
of catching or taking oysters from the natural oyster beds, rocks, or
shoals of the waters of this Commonwealth with ordinary or patent
tongs, shall first apply in writing to the inspector of the county or dis-
trict, or sub-divisions of the county or district, in which he resides for
registration.

And when such person shall have paid to such inspector the sum of
two dollars for the privilege of using and working ordinary tongs, and
five dollars for the privilege of using and working patent tongs, the said
inspector shall register such person, and shall issue to him a license
which shall entitle him to take or catch oysters from the natural oyster
rocks, beds, or shoals of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or within the
jurisdiction thereof, for the entire lawful season for which such licensc
shall be issued. All forms required by this section shall be furnished
by the auditor of public accounts. Any person violating the provisions
of this section shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred
dollars.

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