Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from and after the date of its passage.

In force.

CHAPTER 129.

AN ACT .to repeal sections ninety-four, ninety-
five and ninety-seven of article nineteen of the
Public Local Laws, title Somerset County, sub-
title Oysters, and to re enact the same with
amendments.

Passed Mar.
18,1867.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That sections ninety-four, ninety-five
and ninety-seven of article nineteen of the Public
Local Laws, title Somerset County, sub - title
Oysters, be, and the same are hereby repealed, and
re-enacted as follows:

Sections re-
pealed and re-
enacted.

Sec. 94. That it shall be lawful for the citizens
of said county to catch or take oysters with a
scoop, drag or dredge in any of the waters of said
county, not parcel of any creek, cove, river or in-
let, upon obtaining license therefor as hereinafter
directed.

Lawful to
catch oysters.

Sec. 95. The Clerk of the Circuit Court for said
county upon application of any citizen of said
county shall issue a license to such citizen, author-
izing him to take or catch oysters with scoops,
drags or dredges in the waters of said county, sub-
ject to the provisions of this law, for one year from
the date of said license, for which said license the
citizen applying shall pay to the said clerk the

Clerk requir-
ed to issue Li-
cense.

sum of ten dollars; provided, that the citizen so
applying shall have first satisfied the said clerk
that he has obtained from the Comptroller of the
State license to take or catch oysters in the waters
of the Chesapeake Bay, as required by article sev-
enty-one of the Code of Public General Laws;
and provided also, that said license shall not au-
thorize the taking or catching of oysters between

Provisos.