Chap. 116.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 21 of the Gdme, Inland
Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to obtaining hunting
and fishing licenses. [H B 183]

Approved March 12, 1938

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-one of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, as
amended, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 21. How to obtain license.—The clerks of the corporation
courts of cities shall issue State licenses and the clerks of the circuit
courts.of counties, and such .agents as .the.commission may otherwise
designate, Shall issue State licenses and. county: licenses: for ‘their: re-
spective counties as provided for in this act and shall’ date and sign
the same. Applications for county resident licenses shall be made in
the county wherein the applicant has been a bona fide resident six
months next preceding or the county. wherein the applicant is a legal
voter or the county wherein the unnaturalized person owns real estate
and in which he has resided five years. or more next preceding or the
county wherein the commissioned or enlisted soldier, sailor or marine
is located or the county wherein the school a student is attending is
located or by residents of. cities of less than fifteen thousand popula-
tion the county wherein such city is wholly located. The clerk or agent
shall have authority to require any applicant to make affidavit or to
furnish other satisfactory evidence that he or she is entitled to the
license applied for before issuing the same: All applications shall be
made in writing on blanks supplied by the commission, such applica-
tion setting forth the applicant’s age, color of hair and eyes, height,
post-office address and such information as may be required by the
particular application under the provisions of section twenty-two of
this act; provided, that the clerks of corporation courts of cities of
the size defined in section twenty-two, sub-section (f) shall also have
authority to issue county licenses for the county in which the city is
located, to bona fide residents of such city, or of such county, making
application to such clerk therefor, in accordance with the foregoing
provisions of this section, concerning applications for and issuance
of county licenses.