ART. 39] POTOMAC. 611

from the waters of such State; and any citizen of either State who
takes fish, oysters or crabs from the Potomac River without having
complied with the requirements of the law of his State as to the
taking of fish, oysters or crabs in its own waters shall be considered
guilty of violating the laws of the State of which he is a citizen, and
shall be prosecuted according to such laws. It shall not be lawful for
any person to take or catch fish, oysters or crabs in any manner what-
ever in the waters of the Potomac River unless he be a citizen of Mary-
land or of Virginia, and shall have been a resident of the State of
which he is a citizen for twelve months immediately preceding. Any
such non-resident violating this section shall be subject to a fine of five
hundred dollars; furthermore, any vessel, with its equipment and
cargo, or any net or other appliances used in violating this section,
shall be deemed forfeited to the State.

This section is a duplicate of article 72, section 68A.

1912, ch. 4.

59B. Any citizen of Maryland or of Virginia desiring to fish for
market or profit with a pound net, fyke net, gill net, haul seine, stur-
geon net, skirt net, weir or other device, in the waters of Potomac
River, shall first apply to the regularly constituted officer as determined
by the laws or regulations of the State of which he is resident, and in
the district or locality in which said applicant resides, except that the
applicant for license to fish with the fixed device shall apply to the
officer of the district or locality in which such fixed device is proposed
to be located for a license, and state on oath the true name or names of
the person or persons applying for said license; that they are and have
been for twelve months next preceding residents of the State in which
such application has been made; the place at which the net, seine, fyke,
weir or other device is to be fished, and that during the period of the
license he will not violate any of the laws of the State in which he
resides in relation to the taking and catching of fish; provided, nothing
in this section shall apply to any person using a net solely for the pur-
pose of supplying his own table. Such oyster inspector or other author-
ized officer shall thereupon grant license to use such net or other device,
and state in such license the name or names of the person or persons
who shall use the same, the place at which it is to be located or used,
the season for which said license is granted, which season shall begin
on the first day of February in any year and end on the thirty-first day
of January of the year following, and the amount of tax as prescribed
by the laws of the State where issued.

Any citizen of either Maryland or Virginia desiring to take or catch
crabs from the waters of the Potomac River by any method, or any
person desiring to engage in the business of buying crabs for picking
or canning or shipping the same, shall pay to the oyster inspector or
other designated official in the district in which he resides such specific
license tax as is prescribed by the State of which he is a resident.