Chap. 472.—An ACT to require a special license for hunting deer and bear in Bath
county and to provide that fees collected for such license shall be’ used for the
payment of damages to crops and livestock by deer and bear’ in said county.

[S B 291]
Approved April 6, 1942

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That it shall
be unlawful for any person to hunt bear and deer in Bath county without
first having obtained a special license, the fee for which shall be one dollar
annually.

2. The money received from the sale of such special licenses in said
county shall be paid into the game protection fund and the net amount
thereof, or so much as may be necessary, shall be used for the payment of
damages to crops by deer and to livestock by bear in Bath county when-
ever such damage amounts to ten dollars or more. Such payments shall
be limited to the net amount accruing to the commission from the sales of
such special licenses during the license year in which the damage oc-
curred. Any person whose crops are damaged by deer, or whose livestock
is damaged by bear, shall report the same promptly to the game warden
of the county, whose duty it shall be to investigate the same at once. The
claim for damages shall be filed in duplicate under oath on forms fur-
nished by the commission. If the claimant and game warden agree as to
the amount of damage the game warden shall approve the claim and for-
ward it to the commission. If no such agreement is reached between them
the claim shall be submitted to the arbitration of three persons in the
customary manner and the award of the arbitrators shall be final and
binding.

3. The special license herein provided shall be obtained from the
clerk of the circuit court of Bath county and the commission shall pay
such clerk the sum of ten cents for each such Heenge issued by him.

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