Chap. 203.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Chapter 401, Acts 1936, approved
March 30, 1936, as amended, relating to the licensing and regulation of persons
engaged in picking peanuts by machines, so as to transfer to the county agents
of the several counties the powers and duties heretofore vested in and imposed
upon commissioners of the revenue by the said act. : [S B 188]

Approved March 12, 1942

1. Beit enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That chapter
four hundred and one of the Acts of the General Assembly of nineteen
hundred and thirty-six, as amended, be amended and re-enacted as fol-
lows: ,

Section 1. It shall be the duty of any person who shall engage in
peanut picking by or with any machine in any county in Virginia, to first
secure a license as hereinafter provided, in the county in which the opera-
tor resides, or 1f a nonresident of Virginia in the county where the pea-
nuts are picked; provided, that securing of a license in one county shall
be sufficient to allow the person to operate in any county of the State.

Section 2. It shall be the duty of the county agent of each of the sev-
eral counties of the State in which peanuts are grown, to issue a license
to engage in peanut picking by or with any machine in that county to any
person applying for same. Every license issued under the provisions of
this act shall expire on the first day of April next succeeding the date
of the issue thereof.

Section 3. It shall be the duty of every person who shall engage in
peanut picking by or with any machine for others or themselves, in any
county of the State, to keep a complete and accurate record of the acreages
harvested and amounts picked on each farm, and to promptly make, upon
blanks to be furnished them by the county agent, reports showing the
acreages and the amounts picked by said person in said county during the
preceding season. A violation of the provisions of this section shall be
deemed a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding
twenty-five dollars; provided, however, the court, in its discretion for
good cause shown, may remit said fine if said licensee shall obtain a
license and make reports as required herein within thirty days from the
hearing of such complaint.

Section 4. It shall be the duty of the county agent of each of such
several counties of the State to give public notice of these requirements
before the picking seasons begin, and to make diligent inquiry as to
whether the provisions of section three of this act have been complied
with, and upon failure of any person to comply with same, to report such
failure to the Commonwealth’s attorney of his county, who shall prose-
cute such person for such failure.

Section 5. It shall be the duty of the county agent of each of the
said several counties in the State to promptly submit, upon blanks to be
furnished by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration, a report
to the said Commissioner showing the crop acreages of peanuts harvested
and amounts that have been picked in the said county in the preceding
crop season.

Section 6. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture
and Immigration to furnish to the county agent of the said several coun-
ties of the State, on or before the first day of May in each year, a suf-
ficient number of blank forms for pickers’ licenses, operators’ picking re-
ports, and county agents’ summary reports. The Commissioner of Agri-
culture and Immigration shall also collect and publish the county results
of these reports prior to the next picking season.