Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-28
IRvINGToN, VIRGINIA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2s i9o8.

county, virginia, to be used for plant
ing in the waters of Maryland or Vir-
ginia, but it shall be unlawful to take
oysters from said waters at any other
time, or in any other manner, or for
any other purposes than as above pro-
vided. except that they may be taken
for other purposes during the aforesaid
season provided their shells measure
not less than two and one-half inches
measuring from hinge to mouth, pro-
vided, that in the taking of said oysters
all shells shall be thrown back upon
said rocks, beds and shoals.
Any person convicted of taking oys-
ters in the Potomac river above the
said line in any other manner than with
ordinary oyster tongs shall be fined not
less than one hundred dollars, nor more
than five hundred dollars, or confined in
Jail not less than thirty days, nor more
than six months, or both. Any citizen
of Maryland or Virginia who has license
to take oysters with ordinary oyster
tongs from the waters of the Potomac
river shall have the right under his
said license to take oysters with ordi-
nary oyster tongs above the said line
during the open season provided for
said waters.
Sec 2. 1t shall be lawful for any
citizen of Maryland or Virginia after
having obtained permit as hereinaf-
ter provided to buy and carry out of the
Potomac river to be planted in the
waters of either Maryland or Virginia
oysters whose shells measure less than
two and one-half inches from hinge to
mouth taken from the natural rocks,
beds and shoals in said river above a
line drawn from Swami Point in Charles
county, Maryland, to the present pas
senger steamer pier in the town of
Colonial Beach, in Westmoreland coun-
ty, Virginia, during the period between
the first day OF January and the fif-
teenth day OF May in any year.
SEC 3. The said permit shall be oh
tanned from an oyster Inspector, or an
officer in charge of Virginia or Mary
land oyster police boat, for each boat or
vessel to be used in carrying said oysters
as aforesaid, and shall state the name
and tonnage Gf registered in the Gus
tom House, of the boat or vessel. the
the name of the owner and the master
thereof and to what waters in Mary
land or Virginia such cargo of oysters
is to be carried. a Before such permit
shall be granted, the owner or master of
such boat or vessel shall take and sub
scribe an oath before said officer that
the said boat or vessel will not be used for
carrying said oysters to any state 9TH
er than Maryland or Virginia, or for
any other purpose than for planting
the same in the waters of one or other
: OF the said states, and that he will not
sell said oysters to any other person
: for the purpose of carrying the same
to any state other than Maryland or
Virginia. The oath so taken and sub
scribed, together with a memorandum
of the permit issued, shall be returned
by said officer to the Shell-Fish Com
missioner of Maryland or to the Sec
retary Of the Commission of Fisheries
of Virginia. to be filed by him in his
office. Blank forms for such oaths and
permit shall be furnished to each oys-
ter inspector, and to the captain of
each oyster police boat by the Auditor
OF Public Accounts of Virginia, and the
Shell-Fish Commissioner of Maryland.
For administering said oaths and issu-
ing said permit the Inspector or officer
issuing the same shall be entitled to
receive from the applicant fee of
twenty-five cents on boats under twenty
tons burthen and one dollar on those
over twenty tons burthen. The owner
or master of any boat or vessel found
carrying or buying such seed oysters
without such permit shall be fined not
less than twenty-five dollars, nor more
than one hundred dollars. And any
owner or master of any boat or vessel
violating the provisions of this act by
buying or carrying or knowingly
selling such seed oysters to be carried
elsewhere and for any other purpose
than to be planted in the waters of
Maryland or Virginia, shall be fined
not less than one hundred dollars, nor
more than one thousand dollars, and in
addition thereto the boat or vessel so
used shall with its cargo be forfeited
/ to the state wherein such offender is
convicted.