Chap. 494.-—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3292 of the Code of Vir-
ginia. [H B 134]
Approved March 25, 1920.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion thirty-two hundred and ninety-three of the code of Virginia be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 3293. Regulating the taking of clams.—Any resident of the
State who has complied with all the requirements of the oyster laws
entitling him to the privilege for a certain period of taking and catch-
ing oysters with ordinary or patent tongs from such natural rocks.
beds, or shoals, shall also, without further license tax, have the privi-
lege of taking and catching clams or scallops during the same period
from such natural rocks, beds, or shoals with such ordinary or patent
tongs as such person may have been licensed to use, or by treading,
or with hands; provided, that it shall be lawful for any resident citi-
zen of this State to take or catch clams or scallops, during the season
in which it is not lawful to take or catch oysters from the natura!
rocks, beds, or shoals with tongs of any kind, if for said privilege
he shall first pay to the inspector of the district where said citizen
resides fifty cents for his services and a specific tax of two dollars
for each pair of ordinary tongs to be used, or for each person who
Shall take or catch such clams or scallops by treading or with hands.
provided they be not for domestic use; or if such citizen desires to use
patent tongs for such purpose, he shall pay the inspector a fee of
fifty cents and a specific tax of five dollars for each pair of such tongs
to be used; but no additional fee shall be exacted where the person
was already licensed during the previous open season for taking oys-
ters ; but it shall be unlawful to take or catch clams at any time or by
any means in Pocomoke sound above a line drawn from Drum Bay
Point, in the county of Accomac, and running a north-northwest course
to the line between the States of Maryland and Virginia, except upon
such grounds in those waters as may be set aside for clamming or
crabbing purposes by the commission of fisheries ; provided, however,
that it shall be unlawful for any person to ship any claims measuring
less than one and seven-sixteenths inches in length from hinge to
mouth, or to take or catch clams under such size other than for’ seed
or planting purposes.