Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1886-05-07

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figures, and not less than three inches
in length and of proportionate width,
in white ground, and no number
other than that in the said license
shall be exposed to view on said canoe
or boat and any person failing to
comply with this provision before
using said boat or canoe for the pur.
pose aforesaid, shall, on conviction
thereof before Justice of the Peace,
be fined not less than five dollars MOI
more than ten dollars; and any per.
son who may refuse to pay said fine
shall be committed to the county jai
for the period of thirty days, or unit
said fine and costs are paid.
Sec. 20. and be IL enacted, That
the Comptroller of the Treasury shall
cause to be printed and delivered tc
the Clerk of the Circuit Courts for the
several counties, the requisite number
of such blank licenses and take re.
ceipts for the same, as for other Ii.
censes furnished, and the said clerks
shall on the first Monday of March
and December in each year return to
the Comptroller n list and account OF
such licenses issued by them, and al
the end of each longing season shall
return all unused licenses to him, and
no licenses to take or catch oysters
with rakes or tongs shall be issued to
any boat or vessel which is licensed to
take or catch oysters with scoop,
drag, dredge, or any similar instru-
ment.
SEC. 81. And be ii enacted, That
if any person shall use any canoe or
boat not licensed, as required by the
preceding sections of this Article, in
taking or catching oysters with rakes
or tongs, he shall, upon conviction
thereof before Justice of the Peace
for the county wherein the offense has
been committed, be fined not less than
twenty nor more than one hundred
dollars, and in case of reius sing to pay
the said fine said party shall be CON
fined in the House Of Correction for
a period not less than three months
nor more than one year, and in any
such case the boat or vessel shall be
forfeited and may be condemned, in
the discretion of the Judge or Justice
of the Peace in the manner provided
in section eleven of this Act the IL
cense granted for the present season
and now in force to the fifteenth of
April shall be continued in force to
April twenty-fifth.
SEC. %. And be IL enacted, That
all moneys received or obtained from
dredging licenses issued under the
provisions of this Act and all fines,
penalties or forfeitures imposed in
pursuance of this Act shall, upon the
warrant of the Comptroller, be paid
into the Treasury and placed to the
credit of fund, which shall be called
"The Oyster Fund" and the same
shall be kept separate and distinct
from other funds in the Treasury, and
shall only be drawn upon for the pur-
pose of maintaining sufficient and
proper police regulations for the pro-
lection of fish and oysters in Mary.
land waters and in payment of the
officers and men and keeping in re-
pair and supplying the necessary
means of sailing the boats and vessels
of the State Fishery Force, and the
Comptroller is hereby required TO
state in his annual report particularly
the receipts and expenditures on ac-
count of said fund. the balance stand
ing to the credit of the State at the
time of making such report.
SEC. %. And be IL enacted, That
the Board of Public Works is empow-
cred and directed to purchase for each