Commonwealth v. Perrow
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Buckingham county.
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
By an act of the General Assembly, approved March 5, 1900, entitled “an act for the protection of farmers, etc., in Buckingham county, by requiring licenses of labor agents, and imposing penalties for violation” (Acts 1899-1900, page 868), the board of supervisors of Buckingham county was authorized and empowered to place a license tax upon all labor agents coming into the county for the purpose of inducing local laborers to go elsewhere. The provision prescribing penalties for violation of the act was as follows: “Any agent or representative found in any part of the county soliciting men to…
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