SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        1151

merit the sum of five dollars ($5.00), and the Department shall then
certify on the license that it has been validly transferred and the
transfer fee paid.

(e)  Measurement of rig—Each boat or rig shall have but one
conveyor or elevator for taking soft shell clams. Each boat or rig
may be equipped with not more than one blade and one water mani-
fold, the width between the exterior jets thereon not to exceed
thirty-six (36) inches. The water jet pipe at each end of the mani-
fold shall be set parallel to, or inclined inward toward, the median
vertical longitudinal plane of the dredge.

(f)  Mufflers—All hydraulic or mechanical clam dredges operating
under the provisions of this section shall have properly installed
mufflers on all engines used in the operation of said boat or hydraulic
or mechanical clam dredge. The Department may require such modi-
fications to the hydraulic or mechanical clam dredge and/or licensed
dredge boats as may be demonstrated to be in the public interest.
through research in the Department of Research and Education and
recommended for adoption by the latter agency.

(g) Display of license—The captain, master or operator of any
licensed or mechanical dredge boat or rig for the taking of soft shell
clams shall always have such license on board his boat while the
same is in operation and shall exhibit the same whenever it shall
be requested by any duly authorized officer or employee of the
Department.

(h) Daily catch limitation—

It is unlawful for any person who is licensed in the State to take
or catch soft shell clams and for any boat or rig licensed in the State
for or used in the taking or catching of soft shell clams to take or
catch more than forty (40) bushels of soft shell clams in any calen-
dar day. The provisions of this section and of the other applicable
sections of this subtitle shall be effective as to any clams landed in
the State regardless of where the clams were taken or caught. When-
ever the Potomac River Fisheries Commission under its regulatory
powers establishes a daily catch limitation different from that set
in this section or whenever in the judgment of the Department the
interest of conservation or the clamming industry or both so require,
the Department is authorized by regulation to change the daily limi-
tation provided herein. The limitation imposed under this section is
applicable to all clams caught or taken within the geographical limits
of the State of Maryland.

(i) Minimum size of soft shell clams—It shall be unlawful for any
person to have in his possession soft shell clams which contain more
than five per centum (5%) per bushel of such clams measuring less
than two (2) inches along the longest dimension across the shell.

(j) Time for taking and landing—It shall be unlawful for any
person to take or catch, or attempt to take or catch, soft shell clams
on Sunday, or between sunset and sunrise on any other day, or to
land soft shell clams earlier than one hour before sunrise or later
than one hour after sunset.

(k) Prohibited areas—It is unlawful to take or catch, or attempt
to take or catch, soft shell clams with any hydraulic or mechanical
dredge, or with any other type of gear, as follows: