Chap. 87.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1957 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, entitled examination of pilots.

Approved March 2, 1910.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
nineteen hundred and fifty-seven of the Code of Virginia, entitled exami-
nation of pilots; their bond, renewal of branch, be amended and re-en-
acted so as to read as follows:

$1957. Every person applying to the board to be examined shall pro-
duce a certificate of the circuit court of the county, or corporation court
of the corporation in which he resides, that he is of honest demeanor, and
a citizen of the State, and furnish preof of his having served as appren-
hee to some pilot of the State for five years. If the board find him quali-
fied to act as a pilot, they shall take from him a bond, in the penalty of
five hundred dollars, and grant him a branch, on his paying to the board
five dollars. Any bond taken as herein provided shall be returned to the
clerk of the court for the county or corporation in which the pilot giving
it is licensed. Every pilot holding a branch shall renew the same every
twelve months ; for which renewal he shall pay one dollar: provided, how-
ever, the board shall, before the granting or renewal of any branch, re-
quire, in addition to the foregoing, the payment of a license tax of fifty
dollars, and a corresponding license tax shall be required upon the re-
newal every twelve months of the branch held by every pilot, which said
license taxes shall be deposited in bank to the credit of the board, who
shall within ten days render a detailed statement of all such collections
to the auditor of public accounts, and shall at the same time remit to the
auditor of public accounts a certified check, payable to the treasurer of
Virginia, covering all such collections: provided, however, that no city,
town or county shall assess any license tax against any pilot licensed under
this act.

2. This act shall not go into effect until the first day of July, nineteen
hundred and ten.