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284 FISH AND FISHERIES. [ART. XXXIX
Crabs.
1906, ch. 148. 1916, ch. 544.
93. It shall be the duty of the State Fishery Force to assist in
enforcing the provisions of the crab laws of this State, and to that end
the deputy commanders of said Force now or hereafter assigned by law
to certain districts shall be specially charged with the enforcement of
said laws within their respective districts and with power to arrest all
violators thereof wherever found within the State.
1916, ch. 544
93A. Any resident of Maryland desiring to take or catch crabs from
the waters thereof, for market, by any of the means hereinafter men-
tioned, shall first obtain a numbered license from the Clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court for the County in which he resides, or from the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas if he resides in Baltimore City, such license
to be good for the year of issuance only, and shall pay the following-
fees: (1) For each person working on any boat used in taking or catch-
ing soft-shell or shedder crabs with scrapes or with net other than dip
net with handle, a license fee of $1.00; (2) For each person taking or
catching soft-shell or shedder crabs by dip net with handle a license
fee of $1.00; (3) For each person taking or catching hard crabs by trot
line or by any other means, using either sail, motor boat or row boat, a
license fee of $1.00. Provided, that such license shall not authorize
the taking or catching of crabs in any creek, cove, river, inlet, bay or
sound within the limits of any county other than that wherein the
license shall have been granted; and that the boundaries of the counties
or navigable waters shall be strictly construed so as not to permit the
residents of either county to take or catch crabs beyond the middle of
the dividing channel; provided, that nothing in this section shall be so
construed as to prevent the citizens of counties divided by a river from
using such dividing river (Patuxent River and its tributaries) in com-
mon. All persons taking or catching crabs under the provisions of this
article shall exhibit their license for so doing when required by any
officer of the oyster police force, or other officers of the State. Boys ten
years of age and under shall not be required to obtain a license. Non-
residents of Maryland shall not be permitted to catch crabs from the
waters thereof, for market. Residents of Baltimore City may be
licensed to catch crabs in Anne Arundel or Baltimore Counties.
1916, ch 544.
93B. Any person desiring to engage in the business of picking,
canning or packing crabs in any way, or buying or marketing crabs,
shall first obtain a license from the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the
County in which he resides or does business, or from the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas if he resides or does business in Baltimore
City, such license to be good for the year of issue only, and shall pay
the following fees: (1) For each person, firm or corporation engaged
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