CHAPTER 356

An Act to amend and reenact Chapter 462 of the Acts of Assembly of
1942, approved April 6, 1942, relating to special stamps for hunting
deer and bear in Botetourt County and how the fees for such stamps
shall be used.

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Approved March 31, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That Chapter 462 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved April
6, 1942, be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt bear and deer in
Botetourt County without first having obtained a special * stamp, as herein
provided, the fee for which shall be * one dollar annually. The stamp shall
be adhesively affixed to the back of the current season’s hunting license
issued such person who shall cancel the same with his initials in ink.

§ 2. The money received from the sale of such special * stamps,
except as hereinafter provided, shall be paid * to the county treasurer to
the credit of a special 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 Botetourt County. * Such payments shall be
limited to the net amount accruing * in the special fund from the sales of
such special * stamps in such county during the license year in which the
damage occurred and any surplus remaining at the end of such year shall
remain in such fund and be used for the conservation of wild life in the
county under the direction of the board of supervisors. 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 furnished by the * clerk of the
county. If the claimant and game warden agree as to the amount of
damage, the game warden shall approve the claim and forward it to the
* treasurer. 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 * stamp herein provided shall be obtained from the
clerk of the Circuit Court of Botetourt County * who shall be entitled to
retain the sum of ten cents for each such stamp issued by him. Any person
violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction punished accordingly.