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passage of this Act, furnish to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Cecil County, the names of two persons, householders in the village of North East, to whom and to whom only the said Clerk shall issue an ordinary license to vend fermented and spirituous liquors, which persons shall comply with all the provisions of the Code with respect to ordinary licenses.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved March 30, 1868.	In force.
CHAPTER 343. AN ACT to protect Clams and Shell Fish in Worcester County.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That any person or persons other than citizens of this State, and actual residents therein, who shall take, plant or remove oysters, terrapins, clams or other shell fish in the waters thereof, or in the waters of the Chincotegue;Syne- puxent, Parker 's Bay, or in any of the tributaries thereof included in the boundaries of Worcester County, he, she or they shall forfeit unto the State of Maryland five hundred dollars ; the vessel, skiff, craft, boat, or other contrivance used or employed in such business, or built or intended for such purposes, shall be confiscated and sold, and the proceeds of such sales shall be divided, one moiety to the State and the other to the informer ; pro- vided, that this Section shall not affect a bona fide owner or tenant of some tract of land on the tide water course therein ; and provided, that this Act shall not restrict or prevent traders or other per- sons from purchasing from or selling to non-resi- dents the shell fish in this Act mentioned. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That if any person shall disturb terrapins, or their eggs within the	Remove oys- ters.