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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

License

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That every license to

catch oysters with scoops or light dredge, shall state

the name and residence of the person to whom the

same is to be granted, the number beginning with

two hundred, together with the full or true tonnage

of said boat or vessel, according to the rule of cus-

tom-house measurement; and every owner of a boat

or vessel shall pay three dollars per ton for every ton

said boat or vessel shall measure, according to cus-

tom-house rule of measurement.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the Board of County

Measure

Commissioners of Dorchester county, shall appoint

a competent person to measure all boats and vessels

under ten tons, licensed under this act, according to

the rule of measurement now in use by the custom-

house of the United States.

Give bond.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the measurer ap-

pointed, under this act, shall enter into bond to Dor-

chester county in the sum of five hundred dollars-

for the faithful performance of his duh; and shall be

allowed as a fee for the measurement of each boat,

the sum of fifty cents per ton for every ton said boat

or vessel may measure.

Oath or

SEC. 7. And be it enacted. That any applicant for

affirmation

'& license under the provisions of this act, shall be

required to make oath or affirmation before the Clerk

of the Circuit Court of said county, or before any jus-

tice of the peace for said county, upon whose certifi-

cate of the taking of such oath or affirmation, the said

clerk may issue said license as hereinbefore provided;

the applicant shall set forth in said oath or affirma-

tion, before obtaining said license, that he has been

a bona fide resident of said county for the twelve

months next preceding his application for said li-

Will comply.

cense, and that he intends to use said boat or vessel

only in said county, and that he will comply with

and obey all laws. of this State regulating the catch-

ing of oysters; and any person to whom said license

shall have been granted, shall paint the number of

his boat on each bow near the gunwale on a white

field with black letters seven inches in length, and

any person refusing to comply with this provision,

shall, on conviction before a justice of the peace for