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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

When lawful
to transfer
license.

least one year to transfer said license to said purchaser with
said boat, which license when transferred shall entitle said
purchaser to the same privileges of catching and taking
oysters with said boat in the waters of this State that the
original owner had before such assignment; provided, said
seller and buyer appear before the Comptroller of the Treas-
ury, and make oath before him to all facts, matters and
things required of said original owner of such boat before tak-
ing out such license, upon which said license said comptroller
shall certify in writing that the said purchaser has taken said
oath, for which said certificate the said purchaser shall pay to
the comptroller the sum of five dollars for the use of the
oyster fund, the provisions of this section in relation to the
time of taking oysters, the time of expiration of license and
the transfer of ownership shall apply to all vessels licensed by
any county in this State to take and catch oysters with
dredge, scrape or scoop.

Rates
Comptroller
shall receive
for gross tons.

22. Before granting such license the Comptroller shall
receive two dollars and eighty -five cents for every gross ton
the boat shall measure, and at the time of granting said
license he shall require the applicant to make affidavit as to
the number of hands he intends to work in his boat during the
oyster season, and the Comptroller shall enter the same upon
the license, and shall receive in addition to the sum of two dol-

Additional
sum for each
hand on boats.

lars and eighty-five cents per gross ton the sum of fifty cents
per month for three months for each hand to be employed on
said boat; and where any license is issued by authority of
any county, the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county shall
receive for such license from the applicant one dollar and
ninety cents per gross ton for every gross ton the boat may
measure, except boats of less than five tons gross measure-
ment, when the license shall be eight dollars for each of said
boats; said measurement to be gross tonnage, of custom-house
measurement, but no allowance or deduction shall be made or
allowed by reason of dunnaging, and affidavits shall be made
before said clerk also as to the number of hands carried on
each boat, and such clerks shall receive the said sum of fifty
cents per month for the three months for each person employed
or carried on such boats; the captains of such boats may in
their own discretion collect from their hands the said fee of
fifty cents per month herein provided for, and said captains
or masters shall always have such license on board of their
boats, and exhibit the same whenever it shall be demanded
bv any duly authorized officer. It shall be the duty of the
commander of the State Fishery Force, and any officer under