814 SOMERSET COUNTY. [ART. 19.

yards' distance from the shore, and its waters not less than
twenty-one feet deep.

95. The clerk of the Circuit Court for said county, upon appli-
cation of any citizen of said county, shall issue a license to such
citizen authorizing him to take or catch oysters with scoops or'
drags in the waters of said county, subject to the provisions of
this law, for one year from the date of said license, for which the
person applying shall pay to the said clerk the sum of fifteen
dollars.

96. The person so applying for a license shall first be required
to make oath that he is a bona fide owner of the vessel to be
licensed, that he has been a bona fide citizen of the State for one
year immediately preceding said application and six months a
resident of the county, and that the license is intended for his use
only.

97. Any person taking" oysters within the waters of said county
with a scoop or drag, without such license, or who is not a citizen
of said county, or otherwise contrary to the provisions of this
law, shall be subject to all the penalties provided by law against
such offence.

98. In all cases where a vessel or individual shall be tried,
either upon appeal or otherwise, for a violation of the provisions
of the code regulating the taking or catching oysters,.and shall
be acquitted or discharged by the Circuit Court or by a justice
of the peace for Somerset county, the county commissioners shall
pay the legal costs of defending the prosecution to such individual
or the owner of such vessel.

99. Any justice of the peace, upon the oath of any credible
white witness, may issue a warrant to any sheriff, constable or
other officer, civil or military, and to all persons licensed under
the provisions of this law, to make all arrests and seizures
necessary to carry the same into effect.

100. The cler'k of the Circuit Court shall be entitled to fifty
cents each for every license granted under this law.

101. He shall pay the money arising from the issuing of said
licenses to the Treasurer of the school fund of said county, on