Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-04-20

provided, further, that the keeper of
any such hote', inn or ordinary shall
not be Obliged to receive from any
one guest for deposit. in such cffice,
any property hereinbefore described,
exceeding total value of five hum
dred dollars.
CHAP. 165.-S24S9. Every inn-
keeper, keeper of an ordinary, board :
ing house or house of private enter
tainment shall have lien upon and
may retain possession of the baggage
and other property in and about such
-lun, ordinary, or boarding house, or
house of private entertainment, be-
longing to the guests of such inn,
ordinary, boarding house or house of
private entertainment, or his en-
pioyer, controlled by such guest for
the proper charges due him from such
guests or boarders for their board and
lodging.
Reports OF School Boards.
CHAP. 1871. Be it enacted by
the general assembly of Virginia,
That the several county and district
school boards in Virginia be required
to cause to be made out Immediately
after the annual settlement with the
county treasurer, a statement show
ing the receipts aud disbursements of
the school funds for the year then
ending, which said statement, printed
as hand-bill, shall be posted on The
front door of the county courthouse
and at every voting place in the
county.
Permitting Use of Patent Tongs.
CHAP. 150.-1. Be it enacted by
the general assembly of Virginia,
That section twenty -one hundred and
forty-eight of the Code of Virginia,
as amended by an act approved Feb
ruary fourteenth, nineteen hundred
and one, as amended by an act ap-
proved April twenty-fourth, nineteen
hundred and three, and by previous
acts, In relation to the time for TAX
ing oysters, be further amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:
S2l4S. Limitation as to time of
taking oysters aud in relation to
patent tongs.-Hereafter it shall not
be lawful for any person to take or
catch oysters from any of the natural
oyster beds, rocks and shoals, in any
of the waters of this Common wealth,
with tongs, or in any other way, from
the first day of April to the fifteenth
day of September of each year, except
that in Broad bay, Long creek, Lick.
horn bay, or in any of the tributaries
thereof, in the county of Princess
Anne, the prohibited time shall be
all the year, except the months of
October and November, or at any
time except during the months of
October, November and December,
to use or employ patent tongs for the
purpose of taking or catching oysters
or shells from the natural rocks, beds
or shoals of the State. And if any
person be found upon the natural
rocks, beds or shoals of this Com
monwealth during the prohibited
season, or during the night time of
the open season with tongs, or other
devices for taking or catching oysters,
the same shall be prima facie evi-
dence of the violation of this act by
the person so found therein: provided
this section shall not be construed az
permitting the use of patent tongs il
the waters of the James, NAnsemond
East or Pianitank rivers.
| Any person violating the provis
ions of this act shall, upon convic
tion thereof, be fined not less thar
twenty-five dollars nor more tha,
one hundred dollars, and be confine.
in Jail not less than ten days no
more than six months, either or both
in the discretion of the jury or o
the justice or court trying the case
Lift it shall be tried without jury.
! This section shall not be construe,
as prohibiting the owner of plante
oysters from working on or changin
the location of said planted oysters
or from shipping the same to marke
, at any time at the option of the owner
Road and School laws passed by til
Recent General Assembly.
Amongst the road laws enacte
, by the recent General Assembly ther
! are two bills for which were intro
fduced by Judge Sims of Louiss
that are of general interest.
One provides for dividing road
: of counties whose boards of super
t visors choose so to do, into division
containing not less than ten nc
: more than thirty miles of roads, eac
r subsection TO have in it's territor