any canoe or other boat under Custom House ton-
nage, and desiring to use said boat or canoe in taking
or catching oysters for sale, with rakes or tongs, in
any of the waters of the aforesaid counties, shall first
obtain, by application to the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for that county wherein he may reside, a license,
such as is now prescribed by the General Law, and
which said license shall give him a right to take or
catch oysters in the waters of either Queen Anne's
or Kent county; and such license shall have effect
from the first day of October, in the year in which it
shall have been obtained, to the first day of October
next succeeding, subject to the provisions of the
General Law, as to the time in which oysters shall
be caught or taken with tongs; provided, that such
license shall not authorize the use of said canoe or
boat in taking or catching oysters in any creek,
river, cove, inlet, bay or sound, within the limits of
any county oilier than Queen Anne's and Kent; and
that the boundaries of the counties bordering on
navigable water shall be strictly construed, so as not
to permit the residents of either of these counties to
take or catch oysters beyond the channel of the
creeks or rivers lying between these and other con-
tiguous counties; and provided farther, that this Act
shall not authorize the taking or catching of oysters
from grounds already located or appropriated for the
purpose of preserving, depositing or bedding the
same, in the waters of said counties, under the pro-
visions of the General Laws.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 1, 1872.
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by obtaining
a license.
Proviso.
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