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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

tide, to follow Section twenty, and to be num-
bered as sub-sections one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine and ten, viz ;

Sub-Sec. 1. No person shall fish in the Potomac
river, or its tributaries, for shad and herring, dur-
ing the season hereinbefore prescribed, with seines,

Must have
license.

gill nets, or nets of any kind, without first having
obtained a license therefor as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Sub-Sec. 2. All persons entitled under the laws
of this State to fish for shad and herring in the
Potomac river and its tributaries, shall first obtain
a license therefor, by application to the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for the county bordering on said
liver, opposite to, or in which he may desire to
fish, which license shall have effect for and during
the period hereinbefore fixed; and the Comptrol-
ler of the Treasury shall cause to be printed and
delivered to the several Clerks of the Circuit
Courts for the counties bordering on said river,

Treasurer to
furnish blank
license.

the requisite number of such blank licenses, and
take their receipts for the same as for other licenses
furnished; and said Clerks shall, on the first
Monday in June in each year, return to the said

Return to
Comptroller.

Comptroller a list and account of such licenses
issued by them.

Sub-Sec. 3. Every license to fish, as aforesaid,

Name and res-
idence.

shall state the name and residence of the person
to whom the same is granted, the description of
the fishing fix to be used, whether hauling seine
or gill net; the number of square fathoms of seine
or net when rigged, and that he is the bona fide
owner of the same; and every person to whom

License.

such license may be granted shall first pay to the
Clerk where granted three cents for each square
fat-horn of seine, and one cent for each square
fathom of gill net to be used; but no license shall
be granted to any one applying for the same,
unless such applicant shall make oath before
the Clerk authorized to issue the same, or before
some Justice of the Peace of the same county,
upon whose certificate the Clerk may issue said
license, that the number of square fathoms of the
seine or net to be used, and the other facts to be
Inserted in said license are strictly true, and that
he or they will obey and comply with all the pro-