CHAPTER 329

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-268 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to the license taxation of amusement parks.
[S 87]

Approved March 17, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
aa That § 58-268 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 58-268. The owner or operator of a permanent park, open to the
public for at least four months as a permanent place of amusement, which
shall be operated continuously, each day, Sundays and holidays excepted,
for at least four months, may operate a bowling alley, trained animal
show, hobby-horse or merry-go-around, Ferris wheel, * moving picture
show, theatrical performances, old mill or similar entertainment, bath
houses, boat houses, parking stations to the extent that they are not
within the definition of a garage contained in § 58-378, * refreshment
and confectionery stands other than for the sale of beer and wine of any
alcoholic content or tobacco, and the following coin-operated devices: ma-
chines for exhibiting pictures, automatic photo machines, baseball machines,
bowling alley machines, hockey machines, auto testing machines, machines
for testing strength or grip, electronic gun and rifle machines, aeroplane
testing machines, basketball machines, foot-ease machines, weight scale
machines, punching bag machines, tractor machines, crane machines, votce
recording machines, and similar coin-operated amusement devices that
are usual to an amusement arcade operation, other than coin-operated pin-
ball machines which pin-ball machines must be separately licensed under
the law relating thereto; provided * the items enumerated as coming within
the scope of the privilege conferred by a license taken out under this
section are located, * conducted or operated within the area of such amuse-
ment park and are under the supervision and control of the owner or
operator of the park, upon the payment of a license tax of four hundred
dollars for a period of four months, six hundred dollars for a period of
eight months, or eight hundred dollars for a period of one year; but the
operation of a carnival or circus or show of any kind which moves from
place to place shall not be allowed under the license provided for in this
section.

This section as hereby amended shall apply to the license year be-
ginning January first, nineteen hundred and sixty-one, and to every license
year thereafter until otherwise provided by law. —