Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-04-03

places in the county in which the fac
tory, which is to manufacture such fish
into oil, fish scrap or manure, as afore-
said, is located. All such notices shall
be posted in conspicuous place and
state the time and place the application
will be made. Upon the hearing of
such application, if the court or judge
thereof in vacation shall be fully salts
fed that the person, or persons, owning
such purse net, seine, vessel, steamer
or other water craft, for which license
is desired, have all been bona-fde resi-
dents of the State of Virginia for at
least twelve months next preceding the
time of the application, and if the owner
be firm or corporation, that all the
members of such firm or the stock
holders of such corporation, as the case
may be, have been bona fide residents of
this State for the period above men
toned; that all the purse nets, seines,
vessels, steamers or other water craft,
and all the apparatus thereunto belong
ing, for which license, or licenses, is,
or are, desired, are owned exclusively
by such bona-fide residents of the State
Of Virginia and that no nonresident. of
the State of Virginia or person who has
not resided in this State for at least
twelve months next preceding is con-
cerned or interested with the applicant,
either as partner, stockholder of COR
poration or otherwise, in the taking or
catching of fish in any of the waters of
this State to be manufactured into oil,
fish scrap or manure, or in such manu-
facture; that the factory at which such
fish are to be so manufactured is owned
and controlled exclusively by bona-fde
residents of this State, and that no
person who has not been a bona-fide
resident of this State for at least twelve
months preceding is concerned or in
terested therein, as partner, stockholder
of corporation, or otherwise; that the
seine, purse net, vessel, steamer of
other water craft, for which license is
desired is not held by contract of hire,
charter of other agreement, with inten-
tion to return the same at any subse-
quent time to any nonresident person,
firm or corporation; that all the dis
closures, required by this act to be made
under the oath of the person making
such application, are true; and that none
of the laws of this State designed to
prohibit non-residents from fishing or
being interested in the taking or catch
ing of fish, in the waters thereof to be
manufactured into oil, fish scrap or
manure, or in such manufacture, will be
violated or evaded by the granting of
such license, then the said court, or
judge thereof in vacation, shall grant a
certificate to the owner of such purse
net, seine, vessel, steamer or other
water craft, authorizing the said oyster
inspector to issue to said owner license
for each of the purse nets, seines, yes
sells, steamers or other water craft, for
which license is desired, and which is
entitled to be licensed according to the
provisions of this act. Upon the pre-
sentation of said certificate, the oyster
Inspector of the district aforesaid shall
issue to said owner a license for each of
the purse nets, seines, vessels, steamers
or other water craft, for which he is
authorized by said certificate to issue
license, according to the provisions of
subsection two of section two thousand
and eighty-six of the Code of Virginia,
as amended, which license shall state
name OF the owner and the name of
the vessel, steamer or other craft so
licensed: provided, however, that moth
ing herein shall be construed to prevent
the owner of the seine, purse net, yes
sci, steamer or other craft so licensed
as aforesaid from employing any nom
resident to command or work said seine,
purse net, vessel, steamer or other
craft; and, provided. further, that if
any vessel, steamer or other water craft
so licensed, as aforesaid, becomes dis
abled for use during the period for such
license, the owner thereof may, with
the consent of the court, or judge there
of in vacation, granting such certificate.
hire or charter a vessel, steamer or
other craft belonging to a nonresident
to take the place of the one so disabled
for the unexpired period of such license,
in which case the oyster inspector shall
transfer the license issued for the dis
abled vessel, steamer or other craft to
the one so hired or chartered without
requiring any additional license therefor,
for which transfer the said oyster in
spector shall receive the fee to which
he would be entitled for issuing an origi-
nal license. If any person, firm or
corporation use or employ any purse
net, seine, vessel. steamer or other craft
for the purpose of taking and catching
fish in the waters of this Commonwealth,
or in waters within the jurisdiction of
this Commonwealth, to be manufactured
into oil, fish scrap or manure, or permit
the same to be used or employed by
another for such purposes, without first
obtaining a license therefor according
to the provisions of this act; or, if any
lperson swear falsely in making appli-
cation for the certificate aforesaid, or
otherwise violate any of the provisions
of this act, such person, firm or cor
poration shall be fined not less than five
hundred dollars and not exceeding two
thousand dollars, and all purse nets.
seines, vessels, steamers or other craft.
and all fishing tackle, machinery or
; other thing used by such person, firm or