Chap. 277.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 882 of the Code of Virginia,
as heretofore amended and re-enacted. {S B 292

Approved March 15, 1924.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
eight hundred and eighty-two of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore
enyenises and re-enacted, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as.
follows: . .

Section 882. Unlawful to dispose of nursery stock until a certifi-
cate of registration is obtained; fee of auditor; expiration of certificate.—
From and after the first day of September, nineteen hundred and twenty,.
it shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm or corporation, either
for himself or as agent for another, to offer for sale, sell, deliver, or give
away, within the bounds of this State, any plants, or parts of plants,
commonly known as nursery stock, unless such person, persons, firm or
corporation shall have first procured from the auditor of public accounts.
a certificate of registration, which certificate shall contain such rules
and regulations concerning the sale of nursery stock as the board of
crop pest commissioners may prescribe and be approved and counter-
signed by the State entomologist, who shall have full power, and is
hereby authorized and required to cancel and withdraw any certificate
upon satisfactory evidence that any of the rules and regulations gov-
erning the sale of nursery stock within this State have been violated
by the holder of the same. The auditor of public accounts shall not
issue any certificate of registration except upon the payment of the
sum of ten dollars for each nurseryman or dealer, and one dollar addi-
tional for each agent of such nurseryman or dealer, and shall forward
all certificates to the State entomologist for his approval before allowing
the same to the party making application therefor, and all such certifi-
cates as may be granted shall expire and become null and void on the
thirty-first day of August next following the date of issue. There shall
be no abatement in the said sum of ten dollars to be paid for the certifi-
cate of registration, nor shall there be any abatement in the said sum
of one dollar additional for each agent, and all certificates of registration
-and certificates to agents in force when this section as amended becomes
operative shall expire on the thirty-first day of August next ensuing;
provided, however, that all certificates in force on the date of the pas-
sage of this act shall continue in force until the expiration dates named
on the respective certificates, with the privilege of renewal on the date
of expiration from that date to the thirty-first of August next following,
and the amount to be paid shall bear such proportion to the whole
annual fee as the space of time between the date of the renewal of the
certificate and the thirty-first of August next following bears to the
whole year, but there shall be no abatement in the fee of one dollar
additional for each agent. Any person, persons, firm or corporation,
either for himself or as agent for another who shall sell, offer for sale,
deliver, or give away any plants or parts of plants commonly known
as nursery stock without having in his possession a certificate of regis-
tration as herein provided for, or without exhibiting the same to each
and every person to whom he shall sell, or offer to sell, deliver, or give
‘away any such plants, or parts of plants, shall be deemed guilty of a
Misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine
of not less than twenty ($20.00) dollars nor more than one hundred
($100.00) dollars for each such offense.

2. The revenue of the Commonwealth being affected an emergency
1s declared to exist and this act shall be in force from its passage.