Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-04-22

ont such license two numbers thereof,
one of which shall Be firmly sewed
upon the starboard side, and in the
middle Of that part of the mainsail,
which is about the closerssf. and the
other number on the port side, and
in the middle part of the jib, which
10 above the bonnet and reef. These
numbers shall be placed in an ND.
right position. and worn at all times
during the dredging season, and re-
turned at the end of the season, and
shall not be concealed or dsfaesd, and
no other number shall be exposed to
view. or used, than that which il fur,
nished BY the Comptroller. Any per-
son or persons who shall violate the
provisions of this section, shall be
kdeemed guilty ola misdemeanor, and
fapsa eoEvietsxa y ~ Cert iszlkss
State, or before Justice of the Peace,
shall be fined not less than fifty dol.
lars. nor more than one hundred dol
lars. or imprisoned in the House of
Correction for period of not less than
three months, nor more than two
years; provided. the Court or Justice
OF the Peace trying the same, shall be
convinced that the provisions of this
section have been Intentionally vic.
lated, 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 eley.
en- of this Act.
Section II. And be it enacted, That
any resident of this State desiring to
use any canoe or other boat in catch
ing or taking oysters with rakss or
tongs for sale, in any of the waters of
this State, shall first obtain by appli-
cation to the Clerk of the Circuit
Court wherein he may reside, license
therefor. and such license shall have
effect from the first day of September,
in the year in which they may have been
obtained to the twenty.fifth (inclu.
sive) day of April 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, river, inlet, bay or
sound, within the limits Of any coun-
ty. other than that wherein the H.
cense shall have been granted, and
that the boundaries or counties Dor.
dsring on navigabls waters, shall be
strickly construed so as not to permit
the residents of either county to take
or catch oysters beyond the middle of
the dividing channel provided, that
nothing in this section shall be 90
construed as to prevent the citizens
of Queen Anne's and Kent Counties
from using the waters of Chester riv.
er, in common; or the citizens Of
Dorchester and Wicomico Counties
from using the waters of the Nanti-
coke river, in common; or the citi-
zens of Queen Anne's aud Talbot
counties from Rsing the waters of
Wye river, and the mouth thereof in
common; or the citizens Of Dorches.
ter and Talbot counties from using
the waters Of the Choptank river in
common.
Section 1s. And be it enacted, That
each and every license to take or
catch oysters for sale, with rakss or
tongs. shall state the name and resi-.
dsncs of the person to whom the same
10 to be granted, the number, togsth-
or with the length, to be obtained by
top, or over all measurement of the
canoe or boat licensed. the county in
which the same is to be used, and the
period at which said license will sx.
pire; and every applicant for such
license. shall paw to the Clerk of the
Court where such license may be
granted, and before the issuing and
delivery of the same. according to
the following rates. viz: For any boat
measuring in length twenty feet. or
less, the sum of two dollars; measur-
ing from twenty to twenty five feet,
the sum of three dollars; measuring
from twenty-five to thirty feet. the
sum Of four dollars; and all over
thirty feet. including sloOps used in
Custom House tonnage, the sum Of Eve
dollars each; and all oysters taken with
rakss or tongs. shall be culled upon
the natural beds where they are
taken; the amount received from
longing license to be paid by the
Clerk to the School Commissioners for
the Public Schools. in the respective
counties where such license is issued !;
provided the sum received from white
tongers shall 60 to white schools and
the sum received from colored tong
srs. shall 20 TO the colored schools.
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