CHAPTER 177

An Act to amend and reenact § 28-178 of the Code of Virginia, as to
license tax for buying, marketing and shipping clams or rer sae
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Approved March 6, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 28-178 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 28-178. License tax for buying, marketing and shipping clams or
scallops.—(1) Amount of tax.—Every person engaged in the business of
buying, marketing and shipping scallops or clams shall for such privilege,
on or before * January first of each year, pay to the inspector of the
district in which such person does business, a license tax per year as
follows: less than twenty thousand scallops or clams per year, two dollars
and fifty cents; from twenty thousand to fifty thousand scallops or clams
per year, five dollars and fifty cents; from fifty thousand to one hundred
thousand scallops or clams per year, ten dollars and fifty cents; over one
hundred thousand scallops or clams per year, twenty dollars and fifty
cents. |

(2) Penalty for violation—Any person found guilty of making false
report to an inspector as to the number of scallops or clams he has
handled for market when obtaining license under this section, or any
person failing to comply with the requirements of this section or of
violating any of its provisions, shall be fined not less than ten nor more
than two hundred dollars.

(3) Illegal possession of oysters.—If any person shall have in his
possession any oysters while taking or catching clams or scallops during
the season in which it is not lawful to take or catch oysters from the
natural rocks, beds, or shoals, he shall be prima facie guilty of violating
the law against taking or catching oysters therefrom during such season,
and upon conviction, the penalty shall be the same as for taking or catch-
ing oysters from the natural rocks, beds, or shoals during the prohibited
season.