Chap. 333.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3293 of the Code of Virginia,

as amended by chapter 113 of the Acts of Assembly of 1927, approved April

21, 1927. [S B 112]
Approved March 25, 1932 |

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion thirty-two hundred and ninety-three of the Code of Virginia, as
amended by chapter one hundred and thirteen of the Acts of Assembly,
of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows:

Section 3293. Any resident citizen of the State who has complied
with section thirty-two hundred and forty-two, entitling him to take
oysters or clams, may take clams from the natural oyster rocks, beds
or shoals during the period provided by law as the oyster season and
it shall be lawfull for any resident citizen of this State to take or catch
clams or scallops from designated clamming grounds or waters other
than natural oyster rocks, beds or shoals during the season in which
it is not lawful to take or catch oysters from the natural 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 a specific tax of
two dollars and fifty cents for each pair of ordinary tongs to be used,
or for each person who takes or catches such clams or scallops by tread-
ing 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 to the
inspector a specific tax of five dollars and fifty cents 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
oysters ; 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 State 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 clams measuring
less than one and seven-sixteen-inches in length from hinge to mouth
or to take or catch clams under such size other than for seed or plant-
ing purposes.