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for said dredging season ending on March 15th, 1900,
the tonnage of which if greater than ten and fifty-two
one-hundredths the gross tons by rules of said Custom
House measurement to be ascertained by said admeas-
urers. And if either of the clerks authorized by this Act
to issue licenses shall issue the same without the. said ad-
measurer's certificate when such certificate is necessary or
contrary to the provisions of this Act, he shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be-
fore the Justice of the Peace or either of said Circuit
Courts having jurisdiction thereof, shall be fined not less
than one hundred dollars for each and every offense and
stand committed until such fine and costs are paid.

"245 and 156. The managing owner of such boat shall
make oath or affirmation before the clerk that he is a
bona fide managing owner of such boat described in the
license; that he has been a resident of said county for '
the time before named; that the boat is owned wholly by
residents of said county; that there is no lien, interest or
claim on said boat held by non-residents of Dorchester
or Talbot counties, respectively, as the case may be, that
the said boat is not held with intention to violate any of
the provisions of this sub-title of these Articles; that said
boat has been owned in whole by residents of such county
the six preceding months, if it is six months old; and
the said master of said boat shall also make oath
before said clerk that he has been a resident of said
county for twelve months next preceding the time of
taking said oath, and that he will comply with all laws
general or local regulating the catching of oysters, and
at the time of taking such, he shall exhibit to the clerk
of the Custom House license of said boat if five ton gross
or over, and also the certificate of the ad measurers of all
boats whose gross tonnage by the rules of Custom House
measurement are, as shown by said Custom House license
to be in excess of six tons gross measurement; and such
licensee shall carry such license at all times when work-
ing in his occupation and produce the same when it shall
be demanded by any duly authorized officer.

"248-159. All money arising from fines and forfeitures
imposed by the provisions of this sub-title of this Article
in so far as said provisions relate to the taking or catch-
ing of oysters in the waters in common, between Dorches-