meanor, and upon conviction thereof before a Jus-
tice of the Peace, or upon indictment and convic-
tion in any Circuit Court of this State before
whom such case is tried, shall be fined not less
than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, or
forfeit the boat or vessel in possession of the party
so offending, together with the papers, furniture,
tackle, and all things on board of said boat or
vessel at the time of her seizure, in the discretion
of such Justice of the Peace or Court, but said
provisions shall not apply to masters or owners of
boats or vessels from other States who may buy
oysters from any party or parties authorized by li-
cense to catch or take oysters in any of the waters
of this State.

Sec. 6. And be it enabled, That any resident
of this State owning or having in his possession
any canoe or other small boat, may, upon appli-
cation to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the
county wherein he may reside, or to the Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas of the city of Balti-
more, if ho be a resident of said city, obtain li-
cense to take or catch oysters in any of the waters
of this State, with rakes or tongs, from the first
day of June in each and any year to the first day

Clerk to is-
sue License to
catch oysters
with Rakes or
Tongs.

of June in the following year; provided, that
such license shall not authorize the taking or
catching of oysters in any creek, river, cove, in-
let, bay or sound within the limits of any county
other than the one of which said applicant shall be
a resident, and whore the license may be granted.

Proviso.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That each and every
license to take or catch oysters with rakes or tongs
shall state the name and residence of the person
to whom the same is to be granted, the name or
number of the canoe or other boat to be licensed,
and the county in which the same is to be used,
and the period at which said license will expire,
and every applicant for such license shall pay to
the Clerk of the Court where such license may be
granted, and before the issuing and delivering of
the same, the sum of four dollars for each and eve-
ry canoe or other boat so licensed.

License to
state name and
residence of
person to
whom grant-
ed.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted. That every applicant
for license to take or catch oysters with rakes or
tonga, shall be required to make oath before the
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Applicant to
make oath.