The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-04-30
Public General LOaUS.

ment, upon seizure and proof, shall be con
demned by any Judge of the Circuit Court 0
Justice of the Peace of the county nearest tn
place of her capture, and shall be sold by tn
Sheriff of the county where condemned, TO tn
highest bidder for cash, after ten days. motto
of the time and place of sale; one-half of tn
proceeds of sale, less half the costs of prose
cution and sale, shall be paid to the rartie
who made the capture except when the cap
ture was made by the State Fishery Force, ant
the balance shall be paid into the Treasury o
the State.
See. 8. And be it enacted, That the Comp
troller of the Treasury shall have painted il
black figures, on white canvass, two sets O
numbers corresponding to the license, to catch
oysters with scoop, DIRE ge, drag or similar i'm
plement; each figure shall be twenty-five in
ches long and Of proporionate width, and the
figures shall be at least six inches apart, and
he shall give to each person taking out such
license two numbers thereof, one of which
shall be firmly sewed upon the starboard side
and in the middle of that side of the mainsail
which is above the close reef and the other
number on the port side and in the middle
part of the jib, which is above the bonnet and
reef These numbers shall be placed in an
upright position and be worn at all times dur
ing the dredging season, and shall not be con-
cea led or delaced; and no other number shall
be exposed to view or he used than that which
is furnished by the ComptrolIer. ANY cap.
tain or other person in charge who shall vic
late the provisions of this section shall, upon
proof of such violation before Judge Of the
Circuit Court or Justice Of the Peace of the
county nearest which such violation occurred,
be subject to fine of not less than fifty dollars
nor more than one hundred dollars, and such
fine and the costs of prosecution shall be lien
upon such boat or vessel on which were vio-
lated the provisions of this section, and unless
said fine and costs be paid within ten days or
appeal be TAKEN such boat or vessel shall be
sold at public sale to the highest bidder for
cash. under such orders and notice as the Judge
or justice of the peace may prescribe one-hall
Of the fine to be paid to parties making the ar
rest and capture unless the arrest and capture
be made by the State Fishery Force, and the
balance TO the Treasury of the STATE.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That any person
who has been a resident-citizen for the twelve
months next preceding his application of a
county bordering on the Potomac river, desir-
ing to use any canoe or other boat in catching
oysters for sale, with rakes N tongs IN any of
the waters Of the Potomac river, shall first OBJ
tain, by application TO the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for the county wherein he resides, IL
feet from the first day of June in the year in
which it may have been issued TO the first day
Of June next succeeding; provided that such
license shall not authorize the use of said
canoe or boat in taking or catching oysters in
any creek, cove, inlet, bay or sound within the
limits of any county other than that wherein
the license shall have been issued
Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That each and
every license to catch oysters, for sale, with
tongs or rakes in the waters of the Potomac
river, shall state the name and residence of
the person to whom the same is granted, the
number and length of the canoe or boat by top
or overall measurement, the county in which
the same is to be used, and the period at which
said license will expire said license shall
also state that the holder thereof il, by virtue
of said license, authorized and required to
make, or assist in making, arrest of any per-
sons, and seize any boats vsssels, and equip
ments engaged in violating the provisions of
this act. For such license the applicant shall
pay to the Clerk of the Circuit Court issuing the
same as follows: For a boat or canoe measur-
ing in length twenty feet or less the sum of
two dollars; for boat or canoe twenty to
twenty-five feet in length the sum of three
dollars; for n boat or canoe twenty-five TO
thirty feet in length the sum of fsur dollars;
for boat or canoe over thirty feet in length
the sum Of five dollars; and for sloops under
Custom House measurement the sum of six
dollars. Aud all oysters taken shall be CHILLED
upon the natural beds where they are taken.
The amount received from longing licenses
shall be paid by the Clerk to the School Com
missioners for the Public Schools of the re-
spectiye counties where such licenses are is
sued, provided the sum received from white
tongers shall be applied to the white school
fund, and the sum from the coored tongers to
the colored school fund. No license to tongers
under the provisions of this act shall authorize
the catching of oysters for sale during the
months of April May, June, July and Au-
gust. Any person or persons violating the
provisions of this section shall be subject to
like penalties AZ are prescribed by the preced-
ing sections ofthis act.
Sec IL. And be in enacted, That every APP
plicant for license under this act, TO use any
canoe or other boat, in catching oysters for
SALE with rake or tongs, shall be required to
make olth or affirmation, before the clerk au-
thorized to issue the same or some justice OF
the peace of the county, on whose certificate
of the taking such oath or affirmation the
clerk shall issue such license; said oath or af-
firmation shall assert that he has been a resi-
den t. citizen ofthe county for the twelve months
next preceding his application, the length of
the boat or canoe to be used; that he is the
bona file owner of said boat or canoe; that he
will not violate the provisions of this act; that
he will arrest and seize, or assist in arresting
and Selling all persons and boats, vessels and
equipments engaged in violating the prov-
sions of this act, so far as it may be in his
power to do so, and that he will not employ
or permit any person to use his boat or canoe
so licensed, on hire or shares, who has not
been a bona lide resident citizen of the county
for the twelve months next preceding such en-
ployment or permission to use, and that he
will inform against and prosecute all persons
who shall violate this or any other provision
of this act. The penalty for violating any of
the provisions of this section shall be not less
than ten dollars, nor more than fifty dollars,
to be recovered before Justice Of the Peace
of the county, and said fine and costs Of prose-
cution shall be lien upon the boat and
equipments of the offending party, which, I'M
less paid within ten days after judgment, shall
be sold under orders and notice prescribed by
the Justice of the Peace for the payment of
such fine and costs, one-half of such fine to be
paid to the County School Commissioners, and
the other half 10 the informer.
Sec 10 And he il enacted That every Ii