J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor 85

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(c) [All certificates shall be valid for a period of three years and
shall expire on December 31 of each triennium, beginning in the
year 1962, ] All certificates heretofore issued under the provisions
of this section in the years 1960, 1961 and 1962 shall expire on
December 31, 1962. All certificates issued in the year 1963 shall be
valid for a period of not more than three years and shall expire on
December 31, 1965; and all certificates issued in 1964 and in any
subsequent year shall be valid for a period of not more than three
years and shall expire on December 31 of the third year after issu-
ance, counting the year of issuance. The fee for renewal for each
three-year period after the initial licensing shall be six dollars
($6. 00). The fee for a certificate to replace one lost [or], de-
stroyed or corrected shall be one dollar ($1. 00). The Department of
Tidewater Fisheries shall be the office of record for all transactions
and transfers of numbered boats. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO
SHALL BE THE OFFICE OF RECORD FOR RECORDING ANY
AMOUNT OF MONEY OWING ON A VESSEL REQUIRED TO
BE NUMBERED HEREUNDER AT THE TIME OF SALE, AND
THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT EFFECT A TRANSFER OF
OWNERSHIP UNTIL ANY SUCH AMOUNT OF MONEY OWED
THEREON HAS BEEN PAID IN FULL; AND THE DEPART-
MENT MAY MAKE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS
DEEMED NECESSARY TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SENTENCE, INCLUDING THE CHARGING OF THE SUM
OF TWO DOLLARS ($2. 00) FOR EVERY RECORDATION OF
UNPAID MONEY UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SEN-
TENCE.

(d) Whenever a vessel which is required to be numbered by this
Article is sold, transferred, abandoned, lost or destroyed, its certifi-
cate shall expire at the time of such sale, transfer, abandonment,
loss or destruction, and shall be invalid thereafter.

(E) WHENEVER A VESSEL FOR WHICH AN ORIGINAL OR
RENEWAL CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN ISSUED IS SOLD,
TRANSFERRED, ABANDONED, LOST OR DESTROYED, AND
THE OWNER THEREOF PURCHASES OR OTHERWISE AC-
QUIRES ONE OTHER VESSEL IN ITS PLACE, WHICH VESSEL
IS REQUIRED TO BE NUMBERED BY THIS ARTICLE, SUCH
OWNER MAY FILE AN APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER
CERTIFICATE AND A NEW NUMBER. ONLY ONE TRANSFER
CERTIFICATE SHALL BE ISSUED DURING THE PERIOD THE
ORIGINAL OR RENEWAL CERTIFICATE WOULD HAVE BEEN
EFFECTIVE, AND THE FEE THEREFOR SHALL BE TWO DOL-
LARS ($2. 00). THE APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER CERTIFI-
CATE SHALL BE MADE ON FORMS APPROVED BY THE DE-
PARTMENT OF TIDEWATER FISHERIES AND SHALL BE
SIGNED BY THE OWNER OR OWNERS OF THE VESSEL IN-
VOLVED. UPON RECEIPT OF THE APPLICATION FOR A
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE
TO THE OWNER A TRANSFER CERTIFICATE IN SUBSTAN-
TIALLY THE SAME FORM AS AN ORIGINAL OR RENEWAL
CERTIFICATE, WHICH SHALL CONTAIN A NUMBER FOR THE
VESSEL PURCHASED OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRED. NO FEE
FOR THE NEW NUMBER SHALL BE REQUIRED OTHER THAN
THE TRANSFER CERTIFICATE FEE ABOVE. THE TRANS-