nine of the Laws, passed at the January session,
eighteen hundred and seventy, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted to read as follows:
SEC. 1. Be it enacted. That it shall and may be
lawful for residents of Dorchester county to catch or
take oysters with a scoop, in boats or canoes not ex-
ceeding five tons burthen, according to Custom
House measurement, in Honga River and that part
of Fishing Bay which lies to the southward and
westward of a straight line drawn from the middle
of the mouth of Tedious Creek to Clay Island light-
house, and in the waters of said county to the south-
ward and westward of said Fishing Bay and Honga
River, upon obtaining license therefor as hereinafter
directed, provided, that nothing herein contained shall
authorize the taking or catching of oysters with
scoops between the first day of May and the first day
of October in each year.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any resident of said
county owning or having in his possession any canoe
or other boat not exceeding five tons burthen, ac-
cording to Custom House measurement, and desiring
to use the said boat or canoe in taking or catching
oysters with scoops, in any of the waters of said
county, described in section one, shall first obtain, by
application to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for said
county, a license therefor, and such license shall have
effect from the first day of June in the year in which
it may have been obtained, to the first day of June
next succeeding; provided, that such license shall not
authorize the use of said canoe or boat in the taking
or catching of oysters in any creek, river, cove, inlet,
bay or sound other than in the hereinbefore men-
tioned waters.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That each and every
license to take or catch oysters with scoops, shall
state the name and residence of the person to whom
the same is to be granted, the number, -together
with the length to be obtained, by top or over all
measurement of the canoe or other boat to be licensed,
the county in which the same is to be used, and the
period at which said license was to expire; and
every applicant for such license shall pay to the
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Re-enacted.
To catch or
take oysters
with a scoop.
Proviso.
License to use
scoop.
Proviso.
Name and
residence.
Measurem't.
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