Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-04-08
LEGISLATIVE ALTERNATE.


Tidewater people are guaranteed
period Of rest of two years from oyste
agitation.
A victory of some consequence L
our people was the defeat in tn,
House of bill, offered in that BODY
proposing to increase the license tax
on pound nets to ten dollars, and in.
creases on other fishing devices. The
result was to leave the tax on pound
nets at three dollars as before, and
likewise on other devices the same as
heretofore. Our people can best PIE.
vent In the future other similar at
tempts to increase the tax by CON-
plying with the law in good faith.
SOME LAWS PASSED.
A measure of importance W hich
passed was bill to authorize the
Board of Fisheries to have the BAYLOR
line reestablished in cases where the
same is In dispute.
Laws providing a means to procure
and maintain correct lists of the
holdings of oyster bottoms were
passed. Owing to the lack of a
proper method of transferring oyster
leases and Of purging the list of
transferred and abandoned bottoms,
there is now said to appear in the
Clerks Offices Of a number of coun-
ties the record of vastly more bottom
than is shown by the report of the
Board of Fisheries as paid upon.
Many of the apparent holding are
said to be fictitious and not really
existing in fact The object of the
laws referred to is to procure correct
lists of the holdings and to require
all persons holding oyster ground to
pay upon it.
The new law requiring Boards of
Supervisors to publish county state
ments reads as follow;
Section SAT. The Board Of Super
visors shall cause to be made out i'm
medistely after each meeting, a state
ment showing the aggregate amount
of the receipts and disbursements
OF the ak months next preceding,
and after the last annual meet.
ing the Board of Supervisors shall
cause to be made out also a state
ment showing the aggregate amount
allowed for the next succeeding year
to the officers of the county and for
incidental and necessary expenses of
the county, in form as follows:
To the sheriff OF the county
To the commemorative ATTORNEY
OF the county
10 the treasurer OF the county 3
To the members of the Board of
Supervisors
To registrars
To the superintendent Of the moor 8
To Judges Of election
To clerks OF election
For building bridges:
ta) Name OF person to whom war
rant is given
(b) Location of bridge
tc) Amount paid for the building
thereof
For oEerseers OF roads Ito be named
and amount paid each stated) 8
For damages i'm opening roads:
(al Name OF landowner To whom
damages is paid
(b) Name of road
(c) Amount paid for such damages 8
For support of poor:
ls) Names or paupers supported
lb) Amount paid each
And an itlmized statement of in
cidental expenses of the county, not
embraced by either Of the foregoing
items, which statement shall be
made out in the following form:
Name of person to whom warrant
is given
Amount of warrant
For what warrant is given
A copy of such statements shall
be posted at the front door of the
courthouse and at each of the voting
places in the county, and published
in one or more newspapers of the
county or adjoining county or CITY.
1t shall be- the duty of the Judge
of the Circuit Court, at the term of
the said court next succeeding the
two annual meetings of the Board of
Supervisors, to instruct the grand
jury to ascertain if the statements
herein required to be published have
been published according to law, and
If the grand jury shall ascertain that
said statements have not been pub
lished, then indictments shall be
found against each of the several
members of the Board of Supervisors,
and on conviction they shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
shall be fined not less than ten dol
dars, nor more than one hundred
dollars.