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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

catch oysters in the Chesapeake Bay or in the Potomac river

at any time that oysters are allowed to be taken in said waters

in conformity with the General Oyster Law of the State, and

they shall be subject to all the provisions and penalties pre-

scribed by the General Oyster Law of the State of Maryland.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the Clerks of the Circuit

Issuance of
licenses to

Courts of St. Mary's, Charles and Calvert Counties are author-

residents.

ized by this Act to issue a license to any bona fide resident of

their respective counties to take or catch oysters, and shall

charge the same fees for the issuing of such license as is pro-

vided for in the General Oyster Law of the State for tongers

to pay for the privilege of taking oysters during a full oyster

season in any one year ; and said license shall permit such li-

censee to take or catch oysters in the Chesapeake Bay or in the

Potomac river at any time that oysters are allowed to be taken

in said Chesapeake Bay and Potomac river under the provisions

of the General Oyster Law of the State ; and the holder of such

To use the
same.

license shall be permitted to use the same in the Patuxent

river and its tributaries in St. Mary's, Calvert and Charles

Counties, and in the tributaries of the Potomac river of Charles

and St. Mary's Counties, from the first day of October until

the first day of April in each year.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That any person holding a license

Present license

at the time of the passage of this Act to take or catch oysters

in the Patuxent river and its tributaries or the tributaries of the

Potomac river in St. Mary's, Charles or Calvert Counties

shall be permitted to use such license for the full term for which

they were granted.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That any person or persons vio-

Violations.

lating any of the provisions of this Act shall be subject to the

same penalties and dealt with in the same manner as provided

for in the General Oyster Law of the State for taking or catch-

ing oysters during the closed season or without license.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That all Acts or parts of Acts,

local or general, inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed,

and that this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1904.

CHAPTER 523.

AN ACT to add six new sections to Article 2 of the Code of

Public Local Laws, title "Anne Arundel County," sub-title

"Annapolis," defining the relation of landlords and tenants