occupants shall have the exclusive right to Use
said creek, cove or inlet for depositing, bedding or
sowing oysters or other shell fish, although such
creek, cove or inlet may not be included in the
lines of any patent.

Penalties for
violation of
sections 28 and
29.

Sec. 31. And be it enacted. That any person who
shall take with a drag, dredge, scoop, scrape,
rakes or tongs, or any instrument whatever, any
oysters or other shell fish imbedded, planted or
sown in accordance with the provisions of sections
twenty-eight and twenty-nine of this Article, or
shall carry or attempt to carry the same away,
shall be deemed guilty of a felony and be liable
to indictment, and on conviction thereof in any
court in this State having criminal jurisdiction
shall be sentenced by the Judge of such court to
the penitentiary for a term not exceeding five years
and not less than one year.

Disposition
of fines, &c.

Sec. —. And be it enacted. That the State's por-
tion of all fines and forfeitures occurring under
section — of this Article shall be paid by the
Sheriff or other officer collecting the same to the
Clerk of the Circuit Court of the county or the
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the city
of Baltimore, where such fine or forfeiture may
occur, and such 'Clerk shall account for the same
to the Comptroller of the Treasury in his semi-
annual returns.

Number of
License to be
displayed.

Sec. 33. And be it enacted,. That all licenses to
take or catch oysters with scoops, scrapes, drag or
dredge in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay shall
be numbered, and the owner or master of every
boat or vessel so licensed shall be required to have
or cause to be printed on the fore or main sail of
such boat or vessel, above the reefing point, the
number corresponding with the number on such
license, such number to be printed in black figures
or figure not less than one foot in length and of
proportionate width, and any person or persons
caught taking or catching oysters with scoop,
scrape, drag or dredge in any of the waters of
this State without having complied with this pro-
vision shall, upon conviction thereof by any Jus-
tice of the Peace of this State, be fined not less
than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, one-