JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

:said county for the six months next preceding the date of
such application; provided said boat, canoe or vessel be six
months or more old, but if not so old, then to be owned by

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residents of said county from the date of the construction and
completion of said boat, canoe or vessel; and provided further
that no Hen or claim on said boat, canoe or vessel be held by
any non-resident of said county, except such liens or claims as
are created by operation of law for work done or material fur-
nished in the repair of said boat, canoe or vessel, said license to
hold good for one season only; and shall authorize the taking
and catching of crabs, as aforesaid, in any of the waters of
said county, the Great Choptank River, and the waters of
Fishing Bay, above a straight line drawn from Bishop's Head
Point to the lower end of Clay Island excepted, fro in the first
day of May to the first day of September, inclusive, on which

Provided no
lien or claim
held on said
boat by non-
resident.

said last-named day the license shall expire; but it shall be
lawful for the owner of any such licensed boat to transfer the
license to a bona fide resident purchaser or purchasers of said
boat, which license, when transferred, shall entitle such vendee,
after he has taken the oath or affirmation hereinafter required
to be taken by the owners applying for such license, to all the
rights and privileges of the vendor, and the said clerk, upon
the said oath or affirmation being taken before him, or upon
a certificate of the justice of the peace of said county; if the
taking of such oath or affirmation before said justice shall
enclose the name of the vendor and the date of such transfer
upon said license, and receive therefor the sum of twenty-five
cents, every license issued, thereunder shall state the name
and residence of the person to whom the same is granted, the
number of the license, the name of the boat and the date when
the same shall expire; and every applicant for such license
shall pay to the said clerk therefor, before the issuing and deliv-
ering of the same, the sum of two dollars and fifty cents. The
said clerk shall keep a record of such license, which record
shall contain the name of the party to whom the license is
granted, the date when so granted and the name of the boat.

May transfer
license to
bona fide
resident, etc.

SEC. 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof before any j ustice of the peace or Circuit Court
for Dorchester County shall be fined a sum not less than
twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, and shall stand
committed until fines and costs are paid.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That all Acts or parts of Acts
inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed, so
far as the same may be so inconsistent.
Approved April 10, 1900.

Penalty for
violation.