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lars; measuring from twenty-five to thirty feet, the sum of ten dollars, and all over thirty feet in length, including sloops under Custom House ton- nage, the sum of twenty dollars each, and the said license shall be exhibited whenever called upon to do so by any officer of the State of Maryland, or other person authorized to demand the same. Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That every applicant for a license to use or employ any canoe or other boat not exceeding five tons burthen, according to Custom House measurement, in taking or catching oysters with scoops in the waters described in Sec- tion one of this Act, shall be required to make oath or affirmation before the Clerk of the Circuit Court for said county, or before some Justice of the Peace for said county, upon whose certificate of the taking of such oath or affirmation, the said Clerk may issue said license; that the facts set forth in said license are strictly true, that he has	Make exhibit.
been a bona fide resident of said county for the twelve months next preceding his application for said license; that he desires and intends to use said canoe or boat only in said county, and that he will comply with and obey all the provisions of the laws of this State reg- ulating the taking or catching of oysters; and every person to whom such license shall have been granted, shall paint the number of his canoe or other boat on the outside thereof near the gunwale,	Must be a resident.
in black figures not less than five inches in length, and of proportionate width, on a white ground, and no number other than that in the said license be exposed to view on said canoe or boat, and any person neglecting or refusing to comply with this provision before using or employing the said canoe or other boat, for the purpose aforesaid, shall on conviction thereof before a Justice of the Peace for	Size of num- ber.
said county, be fined not less than five dollars nor more than ten dollars, one-half to he paid to the informer and the residue into the treasury of the State. Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That any person or persons using or employing any such canoe or boat in taking or catching oysters with scoops within the waters of said county, described in Section one of this Act, without a license, shall upon convic-	Penalty.