§ 9-12-65 — Sale, Etc., of Shrimp or Oysters to Persons, Etc., Failing to Comply with Provisions of Article

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, barter, exchange, give or deliver to any person, firm or corporation doing business in Alabama any saltwater shrimp or oysters after having been notified in writing by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or its agent to the effect that such person, firm or corporation which the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall name in its notice has failed or refused to pay the tax on saltwater shrimp or oysters or to make the reports in writing required by law or has failed to comply with the other provisions of this article, and in the event such saltwater shrimp or oyster catcher or master of a boat handling saltwater shrimp or oysters sells, exchanges, barters, gives or delivers saltwater shrimp or oysters to the person, firm or corporation named in the notice as not having complied with the provisions of this article, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall enter a cancellation of the license to take or catch saltwater shrimp or oysters or do business against the person or master of the boat offending against this section, which license shall not be reissued except at the discretion of the Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources.

Legislative History

(Code 1907, §4086; Acts 1919, No. 259, p. 242, §1 1/2; Acts 1919, No. 275, p. 252, §7 1/2; Code 1923, §2739; Code 1940, T. 8, §121.)