JAS. BLACK GROOME, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 253

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That every applicant for
license to use any canoe or other boat, in taking	To make oath or affirmation
or catching oysters with rakes or tonga, shall be re-
quired to make oath or affirmation before the clerk
authorized to issue the same, or some justice of the
peace, on whose certificate of the taking of such oath
or affirmation, the clerk shall issue said license, that
the facts set forth in said license are strictly true, that
he has been a bona fide resident of the county for the
twelve months next preceding his application for said
license, that ho desires and intends to use said canoe
or boat only in the county in which he resides, that
he will not allow the same to be used for taking oys-
ters by non-residents of the county, and that he will
comply with and obey all the laws of this State reg-
ulating the taking or catching of oysters ; and every person to whom such license shall have been granted
shall paint the number of his canoe or boat on the
outside thereof, near the gunwale, in black figures,
and not less than three inches in length, and of pro-
portionate width, in a white ground, and no number
other than that in the said license shall be exposed to	Falling to
view on said canoe or boat, and any person failing	comply.
to comply with this provision before using said boat
or canoe for the puspose aforesaid, shall, on convic-
tion thereof before a justice of the peace, be fined
not less than five dollars nor more than ten, and any
person who may refuse to pay said fine shall be com-
mitted to the county jail for the period of thirty days
or until said fine be paid.
SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That the Comptroller
of the Treasury shall cause to be printed and de-
livered to the clerks of the Circuit Courts of the	Cause to be printed
several counties, the requisite number of such blank
licenses, and take receipts for the same as for other
licenses furnished ; and the said clerks shall on the
first Monday of March and December in each year,
return to the Comptroller a list and account of such
licenses issued by them; and no licenses to take or
catch oysters with rakes or tongs, shall be issued to
any boat or vessel which is licensed to take or catch
oysters with scoop, drag, dredge or any similar
instrument.
SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That if any person shall
use any canoe or boat, not licensed as required by	Prohibited