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the State of Virginia to take fish, oysters or crabs from the Potomac River
after complying with the requirements of the laws of the State of which he
is a citizen for the taking of fish, oysters or crabs 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
whatever 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-resi-
dent 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 62. 1912, ch. 4.

59. Any citizen of Maryland or of Virginia desiring to fish for market
or profit with a pound net, fyke net, gill net, haul seine, sturgeon 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 sec-
tion shall apply to any person using a net solely for the purpose of supply-
ing his own table. Such oyster inspector or other authorized 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 pre-
scribed by the State of which he is a resident.

If any person shall use or set, or cause to be used or set, any such net
or seine as aforesaid, or shall take or catch crabs in the waters of the