§9-12-45. Tax on terrapins caught, etc., for commercial purposes; minimum legal size; possession of undersized terrapins.

A tax of $.05 is hereby laid on each turtle or terrapin packed, canned or caught for commercial purposes in this state or the waters within the territorial jurisdiction of this state. It shall be unlawful for any diamond back terrapin measuring less than six inches from the anterior to the posterior extremes of the body underneath to be caught or taken from the waters of Alabama, and any person having in his possession an undersized turtle shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Acts 1923, No. 504, p. 672; Code 1923, §2769; Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 169, p. 192; Code 1940, T. 8, §139; Acts 1943, No. 422, p. 388, §1; Acts 1945, No. 308, p. 501, §1; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 108, p. 2028, §1.)