JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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shall be unlawful to take oysters with scoop or

dredge in any other waters of Talbot county.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That any resident of

said counties-desiring to uae any canoe or other boat,

Obtain license

in catching or taking oysters for sale, with rakes or

tonga, in the said Choptank River, shall first obtain,

by application to the Clerks of the Circuit Courts of

said counties, 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 succeeding; and shall authorize the use of

said canoe or boat, in taking or catching oysters on

either side of the dividing, channel of said river, for

sale, to any person; provided, that nothing herein

Proviso.

contained shall be so construed as to conflict with

the rights of owners or occupants of lands bordering

on said river, as are secured and protected under

existing laws.

SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That this act shall have

full force and effect from the first day of June, eigh-

Pull force and

teen hundred and seventy-six, until the first day of

effect.

June, eighteen hundred and eighty.

Approved April 8, 1876.