Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-12-17


whom such license shall have been
granted shall paint the number of
his canoe or boat on the outside
thereof, near the gunwale, in black
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 nor
more than ten dollars and any per-
son who may refuse to pay said fine
shall be committed to the county Jail
for the period of thirty days, or until
said fine and costs are paid.
the Comptroller of the Treasury shall
cause to be printed and delivered to
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 a list and account of
such licenses issued by them. and at
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 it 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 refusing to pay
the said fine said party shall be con
fined in the HOUSE Of Correction for
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-tifth.
SEC. %. And be it enacted. That
all moneys received or obtained from
dredging licenses issued under the
provisions of this Act and all fines.
penalties or forfeitures imposed III
pursuance of this Act shall, upon the
warrant of the Comptroller, be paid
into the Treasury and placed to the
credit of a 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 it enacted. That
the Board of Public Works is empow-
cred and directed to purchase for each
ha o,.l l. I
nltlons as may be necessary to make
them efficient, and the officers of such
boats shall be authorized to use such
arms in their discretion for the en-
forcement of the provisions of this
Act.
SEC, "a. And be 1t enacted. That
for the more efficient working of the
State Fishery Force the waters of
this State shall be divided into seven
districts, of which the waters of Kent
county and Queen Anne's shall be the
first; the waters of Queen Anne's end
Talbot shall be the second: the
waters of Talbot and Dorchester the
third the waters of Wicomico the
fourth the waters of Somerset county
the fifth /: the waters of Anne Arundel
county the sixth !; the waters OF ST.
Mays, Charles and Calvert the
seventh each of the said districts
shall be guarded by one sailing vessel,
except the third, which shall be
guarded by three; ard the sixth and
seventh which shall be guarded
by two each; and it shall be the
duty of the Deputy Commander OF
the first district to guard the waters
of Chester river, belonging to Queen
Anne's county, and the waters of Kent
county, including Swan Point Bar;
and the duty OF the Commander of the
second district to quad the waters OF
Eastern Bay and its Tributaries and the
waters OF Talbot county as far down
as Black Walnut Point and it shall
be the duty of one of the Deputy Com
manders of the third district to guard
the waters of Choptank river and its
tributaries, and the duty of the second
to guard the waters of Little Choptank
river, III Dorchester county, and of the
third to guard the waters of Fishing
Bay, Honga river, Tar Bay, Hooper's
Straits. Holland Straits, and the
waters of Dorchester county up to the
line dividing Dorchester county from
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