OYSTERS. 909

ner of First Kent Point to north end of Poplar Island; provided, that
nothing herein contained shall authorize the taking or catching of oysters
with scoop, dredge or similar instrument on any oyster bar within one
and one-half miles of Tolley's Point, Sandy Point, Hackett's Point,
Thomas' Point, Holland's Island bar and Three Sisters, nor within one
and one-half miles of Holland's Point bar, nor of Swan's Point bar, nor
between Poplar Island and the mainland of Talbot County, south of, a line
drawn from the north point of Poplar Island to Low's Point on the main-
land, nor north of a line drawn from the end of the south bar of Poplar
Island to Pawpaw cove, on Tilghman Island, nor within one-quarter of a
mile west of Poplar Island, nor within one-half of a mile of Plum Point,
nor within the boundary lines of any county, unless herein otherwise speci-
fied, which license shall hold good for one season only and shall only
authorize the catching of oysters between the first day of November and the
fifteenth day of March on which day the. dredging season shall end; pro-
vided, however, it shall be lawful for the owner of any such licensed boat
whenever said owner shall sell and convey by bill of sale for a bona fide
consideration such boat to any person who has been a resident of the State
of Maryland for at least one year to transfer said license to said purchaser
with said boat, which license when transferred shall entitle said purchaser
to the same privileges of catching and taking oysters with said boat in the
waters of this State that the original owner had before such assignment;
provided, said seller and buyer appear before the comptroller of the treas-
ury and make oath before him to all facts, matters and things required of
said original owner of such boat before taking out such license, upon which
said license said comptroller shall certify in writing that the said purchaser
has taken said oath, for which said certificate the said purchaser shall pay
to the comptroller the sum of five dollars for the use of the oyster fund;
the provisions of this section in relation to the time of taking oysters, the
time of expiration of license and the transfer of ownership shall apply to
all vessels licensed by any county in this State to take and catch oysters
with dredge, scrape or scoop.

Any person who shall dredge without a license or dredge in the waters
not provided for in this section shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction before any Justice of the Peace or Court of competent
jurisdiction shall be subject to the penalties, provided for in Section 27 of
this Article..

	An. Code, 1924, sec. 26. 1912. sec. 24. 1904, sec. 23. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 22.
	1900, ch. 380. 1908, ch. 104. 1910, ch. 413, sec. 23 (p. 207).
	1912, ch. 804. 1914, ch. 691. 1927, ch. 145.
	26. After granting such license, the Comptroller shall receive three
	dollars and fifty cents for every gross ton the boat shall measure, except
	boats of less than four tons gross measurement, when the license shall be
	eleven dollars and fifty cents for each of said boats, and where any license
	issued by authority of any County, the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the
	County shall receive for such license from the applicant two dollars, and