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property of said county for the purpose of paying any pension, to any
person who is now or who shall hereafter become a non-resident of said
county.

OYSTERS.*

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 18, sec. 213. 1876, ch. 381.

317. The following lines, to wit, from the south point of Wye Island
to .the southeast point of Bennett's point, thence to the south point of
Parsons' island, are established as a boundary for the protection of the
oyster grounds in that branch of Wye river, known as "Back Wye," and
the oyster grounds lying on the land or Queen Anne's side of that part
of said boundary extending from the southeast point of Bennett's point
to the south point of Parsons' island.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 18, sec. 214. 1876, ch. 381.

318. It shall not be lawful for any non-resident of Queen Anne's
county to catch by the means of tongs, or by any other means, or in any
manner to molest oysters, the protection of which is contemplated by this
subtitle of this article, to wit, oysters within or on the land or Queen
Anne's side of the boundary herein above specified.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 18, sec. 215. 1876, ch. 381.

319. The dividing waters of Wye river, and the waters of St. Michael's
river lying west of the boundary line described in section 317, and the
waters around Herring island are opened to the citizens of Queen Anne's
and Talbot counties in common, for the purpose of taking or catching
oysters with rakes or tongs.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 18, sec. 216. 1876, ch. 381.

320. It shall be unlawful for any person to take or catch oysters with
scoop, scrape, or any similar instrument, in the waters of Queen Anne's
county, lying west of Kent Island, between Kent point and Cove point,
within four hundred yards of the shore.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 18, sec. 217. 1876, ch. 381.

321. Any person who shall violate this subtitle of this article, upon
conviction thereof before a justice of the peace for Queen Anne's county,
shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars; and
upon the refusal and failure to pay said fine, he shall be committed to the
county jail until said fine shall be paid; provided, that the said confine
ment in jail shall not exceed six months.

P. L L., 1888, Art. 18, sec. 218. 1888, ch. 394.

322. It shall be unlawful for any person to use or employ any boat
or canoe licensed to take oysters with rakes and tongs, in the waters of

*See Art. 72 of Annotated Code for general oyster law, which may have super-
seded some of the local laws