Chap. 321.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3281 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as amended, relating to fish and oysters. [H B 110]

Approved March 24, 1930

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-two hundred and eighty-one of the Code of Virginia, as amended,
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 3281. For the purpose of protecting the oyster and clam
industries of the State of Virginia, as well as the public health of the
country, and preventing the sale of oysters and clams which are deemed
unfit for market, the health commissioner of this State is hereby
directed, in his discretion, or at the request of the governor, or the
commissioner of fisheries, to make an examination or analysis of the
oysters or clams, by either of the aforesaid officers, whether on the
oyster planting or clamming grounds, in oyster packing houses, or in
any other place or places in this State, from which such oysters and
clams are to be taken or sold for food purposes. And the said health
commissioner in making such examination of oyster packing houses,
or other places so designated, shall examine as well not only the oysters
or clams therein, but the packing houses and plants wherein they are
handled, as well as the sanitary conditions surrounding the same.

The commissioner of fisheries and the health commissioner shall
prepare, recommend and present to the governor a plan for the estab-
lishment of a laboratory for the study of, and experimentation with,
oysters and other sea foods of Virginia, and the employment of a
biologist, in order to effectually develop and conserve the seafood in-
dustry. When, and if, the money be available for this purpose, out
of funds segregated by law to the seafood industry, and not otherwise
appropriated, the governor is authorized to establish such laboratory
and employ such biologist, and locate same at such institution or place
as in his judgment will most effectually accomplish the purpose of this
law.