The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-05-20

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dredge or similar instrument, who
shall have ON his boat, SO licensed
any engine or motor OF any kind
whether attached to said boat OF
not, which Is adapted to or can bs
used in the propulsion or said boat
shall be guilty Of misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fin
Led not less than fifty dollars MOI
more than three hundred dollars
and no other boat shall be used in
catching oysters with scoop. dredge
or similar instrument without first
having been licensed. as hereinafter
provided.
%. After granting such license,
the Comptroller shall receive two
dollars and eighty-five cents for ev-
cry gross ton the boat shall meas
ure, and when any license issued by
authority of any county, the Clerk
OF the Circuit Court for the county
shall receive such license from the
applicant the said two dollars and
eighty-f1ve cents per ton for every
gross ton the boat may measure, ex-
ctpt boats of less than Ave tons gross
measurement, when the license shall
be eight dollars for each OF said
boats, said measurements to be gross
tonnage of custom-house measure
ment, but no allowance or deduction
shall be made or allowed by reason
of damaging, AMI the captains or
masters shall always have such IL
cense on board Of their boats, and
shall exhibit the same wherever it
shall be demanded by any duly au-
thorized officer It shall be the duty
of the commander of the State Fish
cry Force and any Office under his
command, at any time that he or
they shall deem it proper. to inspect
and verify the measurements of any
boats, and their gross tonnage and
the measurement ascertained by such
officer shall be conclusive and final;
and any license granted shall be cor
rected and amended in accordance
with such measurements and the APP
propriate license fee hereinbefore
named paid in accordance with such
corrected measurement, and the right
granted by any license already is
sued shall be suspended until the
full payment ofNsuch license fee is
made. And one-third of any license
Zee received by the Clerk of the Cir
cult Court for any county in this
State shall be paid to the Comptrol-
Ter of the State Treasury by the said
Clerk within thirty days after receiy-
ing the same, to be by the said Comp
troller credited to the oyster fund,
and all Acts or parts of Acts, and
all public general or public local
laws inconsistent with the provisions
OF this section be and the same are
hereby repealed.
81. The Comptroller shall have
painted in black figures on white
canvas one number corresponding to-
the license to catch oysters with
scoop, scrape. dredge or other similar
Instruments; each figure shall be
twenty-five 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 one number there
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; this
number shall be placed in an upright
position and worn at all times dur
ing the dredging season, and return
ed at the end of the season, and shall
not be concealed or defaced, and no,
other number shall be exposed to
view or used than that which is fur
nished by the Comptroller. Any per
son who shall violate the provisions
of this section shall be deemed gull
ty of a misdemeanor, as provided. in
Section 16 of this Article; and in
any such case the boat or vessel shall
be forfeited and condemned, in the
discretion of the Judge, in the man
ner as provided in Section %. The
provisions of this section shall ap-
ply to all boats licensed to take oys-
ters with scrape or SCOOP by any
county in this State, except that the
numbers for such boats shall be
painted red instead of black; and the
numbers shall be delivered by the
Comptroller to the Clerks of the
Courts as they may be ordered; and
at the end of the season all licenses
not used shall be returned by said
Clerks to the Comptroller; and the
said Clerks shall also pay to the
Comptroller one-half of ali the mon
eys received by him for such licenses.
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credit of the oyster fund.
So. 1t shall be the duty of the
Commander of the State Fishery
Force. at the commencement of, or
during the oyster season in each
year, to appoint from the counties
producing oysters for packing pur-
poses in the State, not exceeding
twenty special inspectors, to be APP
pointed as follows: Two each from
Anne Arundel, st. Marys, Talbot
and Wicomico counties: three each
from Dorchester, Somerset and
Queen Anne's counties, and one each
from Kent. Calvert and Charles
counties, at a salary of forty-hye dol
lars per month. during the oyster sea-
son, and they shall be stationed at
such places as in the judgment OF
the Commander of the State Fishery
Force their services may be needed.
Before assuming the duties of their
Offices the said special inspectors
shall take an oath. to he adminis-