Commonwealth v. Conner

We have already had occasion to consider another phase of this controversy. Commonwealth v. Doss, 159 Va. 968, 167 S. E. 371. The record there shows that the Highway Department was doing certain road work in Appomattox county in which hauling was necessary. Doss, the owner of a truck, applied for employment. He already had an ordinary truck license but the Highway Department was of the opinion that he should secure a supplemental license “For Hire.”

In 1926 the legislature, by act of March 17, 1926 (Acts 1926, ch. 149), codified the motor vehicle law. In it is a schedule of license charges for…