The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-05-14
,,rRI1C GENERAL LAWS,
5,,,,d by the General assembly of Maryland
nj Hc January Session, 1899.
CHAPTER 27S.

sayanteen, twenty, twenty A, twenty
twenty eight, thirty-three and thirty four of
Article seventy-two of the Code of public
General Laws, title "Oysters, and to re- en-
sct the same with amendments, and to add
certain new Sectionsto said article to follow
in proper order the respective sections in
order of precedence and to be designated as
sections twenty Il, twenty q, twenty D.,
twenty f, twenty F, twenty q, twenty Ii
and twenty-One a.
Crcr,oy |. Be ii enacted by the General
,'oao,bIy of MARYLAND. That Sections two.
e-a eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen,
-, seventeen, twenty, twenty A, twenty
-a twenty. eight, thirty three and thirty. four
Oeg' .,;oIo seventv.two of the Code of Public
u G,naroI Laws, title "Oysters." be and the
,,no are hereby repealed and reenacted with
smendments, and that certain new sections
Ga and the same are hereby added to said
article TO follow the numerical sections of
all article in order of precedence to be desig-
natpd as sections twenty B, twenty c, twenty
n twenty L, twenty +, twenty G, twenty II
snd twenty one A, to read as to said respect
;re sections as follows:
SEC. .. The Comptroller of the Treasury
sboll uuon application of any person who has
baan \ resident of this state for twelve con.
.qcutiye months tpreceding such applica-
t;on issue a license to such resident, and to
M other person TO employ such boat in taking
or catching oysters with scoop, dredge or
similar instrument within the waters of the
S%n,"rooke Raw. Potomac River. and in
Iastop Paw outside of n line drawn from the
'ontbyest corner of Kent Point to Wade's
point. nroyided that nothing herein contained
hall authorize the taking or catching of oys-
ters with scoop, dredge or similar instrument
on any oyster bar within one and one-half
miles of Talley's Point, Sandy Point, Hack
ets Point. Thomas Point, Hollands Island
bar and Three Sisters; nor within one and
cne.balf miles of Hollands Point bar, nor of
Svan's Point bar. nor between Poplar Island
and the mainland of Talbot county south of
line drawn from the north point of Poplar
IsiorJ IN LOWS Point on the mainland: nor
nor,L of n line drawn from the end of the
sontL bor oC Poplar Island to Paw Paw Cove
an Tilgbman's island. nor within one fourth
oCo mile west of Poplar Island. nor within
ono.bolr mile of Plum Point. NOR within the
Sorrdnrv lines of onv countv- unIess herein
otherwise specifed: which license shall hold
Good for one season only, and shall only au.
tborize the catching of oysters between the
6lieenth day of October and the first day of
Anril nm which dav the dredOino season shall
anJ and tbo I;capce avnira. bnt II shall he
IawrnI for tho owner nc any eucb licensed
Loat whenever said owner shall sell and CON
yev bv bilI of sale for n bona fide considera-
tion said boat to any person who has been a
resident of the State of MARYLAND for at least
.one wear. TO transfer said license to said ven.
Jee with said boot. which license. when
.,ransCsrred shall nnt;tle said vendee to tbe
,ono ,r;v;laaes or cotch;ng mr. toling oysters
x;tb sp;d boot in tbe waters of tbis State that
sa;J .ss;ann,ont. ,rov;dad ea;d vapdea and
ses;gnee shall annear before the ComptrolIer
of t6e Treosnrv and make oath before him 10
all the facts. matters and things required of
soid or;G;nol vendor or assiqnor before taking
ont suc6 license: upon which said license the
said Comntroller shall certify in writing the
fact or said yendee or assignee having taken
S,id o,tb for which said Certificate the said
vendee or ASSIGNEE shall nav TO the said Conn.
troiler the sum of five dollars for the use of
ibe oyster fnnd. The provisions of this sec.
tion in relatian 10 tbe time of taking oysters.
tke time ofexniration of license and to trans
for of ownership shall apply TO all vessels
Tcansad Inv anv county in this state TO take
and catch oysters with scrane or SCOOP, and
anv law. General or local. in conflict herewith
shall he Void and of no effect: provided that
the time specified in this section shall not
apply to boats or vessels licensed in the coun-
lies to take oysters with scoop or scrape, which
time shall begin ON the first day of October
and end on the thirty-lirst day of March,
except Talbot and Dorchester counties, where
the time for taking oysters with scoop, scrape
or dredge shall begin on the first day of Octo-
ber and end on the first day of March.
SIC. 5. Before granting such license the
Comptroller shall receive for it from the appli-
cant at the rate of three dollars per ton for
every ton the boat may measure, and the
license shall be exhibited whenever called
for by any officer of this state.
SEC. H. Any boat, owned wholly or in
part by any nonresident, used in catching
oysters in this state with scoop, dredge or
similar instrument, is hereby declared to be
forfeited and shall be condemned by order Of
any Judge of Circuit Court most accessible
to the place of her capture, or if captured IN
Baltimore City, by order of the City Court,
and shall be sold by the sheriff of the county
where condemned. or if condemned in Balti.
more CITY, by the Sheriff of said city to the
highest bidder for cash, after twenty days
notice of the time and place of sale, such
notice to be published at least three times in
q uewspaper. having the largest circulation,
nrintad in baltimore Citv or in the county
wbere condemnod. one. fourth Of the proceeds
Of sncb sale shall he maid To the marty making
the contmre ;nclnding the officers and crews
of t5e State Wsberv Force and the balance
shall be na;d into The Treasnrv of the state
IN Le crad;tod to the oyster fund. provided.
bowoyer tbo, onv rarson claiming an interest
in Snc5 vessels shall have The rieht to make
an anneoI mon giving tn the state n good and
sufficient bond as reonired in such cases; pro.
yi6ed. however. that when the bona-fdes of
tke owner of anv vessel shall be called in
,mesf;on tho burdan of nrovino sucb bona-
gdae shall he mon those claiming 10 he sucb
owners. % % and d nrov;ded also that nnon taking
such appeal and filing such bond the said yes,
sell Shall be released from custody.
SEC. II. The .Comptroiler shall have
painted in black figures on white canvas two
sets of numbers corresponding to the license
ito catch oysters with scoop. scrape. dredge
or anv other similar inst ruments: each figure
shall be twenty-two inches in length and of
proportionate width, and the figures at least
six inches apart, and he shall give to each
person taking out such license TWO numbers
thereof one of which shall be securely sewed
upon the starboard side and in the middle of
that part of the mainsail which is above the
close reef and the other number on the port