CHAP. 398.--An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2099 of the code of Virginia, 1887, with relation to license required

§2039. Every person who owns a seine, purse-net, or vessel of any description, to be engaged in catching fish to be manufactured into oil or manure, or selling them to any person engaged in the manufacture of such oil or manure, or vessel in which to carry them to the factory, shall first obtain from the county court of the county in which he resides a certificate authorizing him to obtain a license to carry on said business; and before issuing such certificate the judge of the county court shall require the person applying for the same to state on oath the true names of the persons owning the seine, purse-net, vessel, or vessels, and all apparatus thereunto belonging, or who are to be interested in fishing therewith; that they are and have been for twelve months next preceding residents of this state; that they will not take or catch fish with any non-residents; that the nets and
vessels thus to be employed by them in catching fish for manufacturing oil or manure, as aforesaid, are not held by an agreement or charter, with intention to return the same at any subsequent time to a nonresident, and that during the period of the license they will not violate any of the laws of this state in regard to the taking or catching of fish: provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the owner of the seine, purse-net, or vessel aforesaid, from employing any non-resident to command or work said seine, purse-net, or vessel.