Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-05-20

on whose certificate Of the taking of
such oath or affirmation the Clerk
shall issue said license, that the facts
set forth in said license are strictly
true; that he has been bona fis resi-
dent of the county for the twelya
months next preceding his application
for said license that be desires and
intends to use said canoe or boat only
in the county in which he resides, or
the waters used in common as herein
provided in this Act; that no non-resi.
dent of Maryland is interested in the
said canoe or other boat or in the use
thereof; and that he will not allow
tie sG-ao to ba=assd fsr taking Systors
by non.residents of the county or on
account of non-residen,s of the State
OF Maryland that he will comply
with and obey all the laws Of this
State regulating the taking or catch
ing of oysters ana every person to
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 tEan 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 a Justice OF the Peace,
be fined not less than i've dollars nor
more than ten dollars and any per-
son who may refuse to pay said fine
shall be committed to the county lail
for the period of thirty days, or until
said fine and costs are paid.
SEQ. -. And he it enacted, That
the Comptroller of the Treasury shall
cause to be printed and delivered to
the Clerk of the Circuit Courts of the
several counties, the requisite number
OF such blank licenses and take re-
celpts for the same, as for other H.
censes furnished, and the said clerks
shall on the first Monday of March
and December in each year return to
the Comptroller 4 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
drag, dredge, or any similar lnstru.
ment.
Sec. y. 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 otIense 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
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 Ii
cense granted for the present season
and now in force to the fifteenth Of
April shall be continued in force TO
April twenty-tiith.
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 iorletures imposed in
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 aud 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. %. Aud be it enacted, That
the Board Of Public Works is smpow-
srei and directed to purchase for each
Of the guard boats such arms and anu
milton. 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 il enacted, That
fol 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 and
Talbot shall be the second the
waters Of Talbo. 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.
Mary's, Charles and Calvert the
seventh; each Of the said districts