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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

any waters of said county not parcel of any creek, river, cove
or inlet, which license shall hold good for one oyster season
only; and shall only authorize the catching of oysters as afore-
said between the fifteenth day of October in any year and the
fifteenth day of April next succeeding on which said last-men-
tioned day the said season shall close and end in said county,

Limit
of tonnage
measurement

and said license shall expire, but no vessel over ten and one-half
tons gross measurement, ascertained by proper custom-house
measurement, shall be authorized to be used under any such
license, and no vessel over ten and one-half tons gross tonnage
shall be used or employed in taking oysters in any waters of said
county, and the said license shall specify the canoe or vessel to
be used by the license, the number and name; and said citizen

License rate
per ton.

shall pay for said license at the rate of two dollars per ton for
the vessel so employed, and the tonnage of vessels and canoes
to be licensed shall be ascertained by Custom-house measure-
ments; and no canoe or other vessel shall be employed in
taking oysters with scrapers, scoops, drag or dredge in the
waters of Somerset County, unless the owner thereof shall
have first obtained a license therefor, as above provided; and.
any person having a license aforesaid for any vessel, shall

License
number on
canvas.

provide a number on canvas, to be prescribed and furnished
by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, of the same size as that
required now or hereafter by the State oyster law, in red
figures, corresponding with the number of his said license,
and shall affix the same securely to the mainsail, but on the
opposite side thereof from that required by the State law, and
shall keep the said number in proper position and plainly
visible at all times while at work, or going to or from work,
during the dredging season, and the provisions of this sec-
tion shall not apply to Pocomoke Sound, wherein it shall be
unlawful at all times to take oysters with scoop, scraper, drag

License not
transferable

or dredge, and said license shall not be transferable: and any
person or persons violating any of the provisions of this sec-
tion, or found guilty of dunnaging his or their boats to escape
a just and proper measurement of the same by said Custom-
house officials, shall be found guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall, upon conviction before any justice of the peace or the

Penalty.

Circuit Court for Somerset County, be fined in a sum of not
less than one hundred dollars or more than three hundred
dollars for each offense, or sentenced to the House of Correc-
tion for one year, or both, in the discretion of the court or the
justice of the peace trying the same.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1900.