OYSTERS 2705

Patuxent.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 55. 1912, sec. 53. 1904, sec. 52. 1904, ch. 467, sec. 1.

56. It shall be unlawful to take or catch oysters with rakes or tongs
in the waters of the Patuxent river between the first day of April and the
thirtieth day of September, inclusive; provided, that nothing in this sec-
tion shall prohibit any person from taking or catching oysters from his
private bed or bar.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 56. 1912, sec. 54. 1904, sec. 53. 1904, ch. 467, sec. 2.

57. Any person violating the provisions of the preceding section shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished as provided in this article.

Patuxent—Potomac—Choptank.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 57. 1912, sec. 55. 1904, sec. 54. 1904, ch. 522, sec. 1.
1927, ch. 463, sec. 57.

58. It shall be unlawful after April 8, 1904, for any person or persons
to take or catch oysters in any manner whatever in any of the waters of the
Patuxent River and its tributaries of St. Mary's, Charles and Calvert
Counties or in the tributaries of the Potomac river lying in St. Mary's and
Charles Counties between the first day of April and the first day of October
in each year, or in the waters of Dorchester County or the Choptank river
in said county, between the fifteenth day of April and the fifteenth day of
September in each year; provided, however, that nothing in this Section
shall be so construed as to prevent any person or persons from removing
or transplanting oysters on private beds or taking oysters from private beds
for private use during the closed season, but not for sale.¹

An. Code, 1924, sec. 58. 1912, sec. 56. 1904, sec. 55. 1904, ch. 522, sec. 2.

59. After April 8, 1904, any bona fide citizen of St. Mary's, Charles
and Calvert Counties who shall have procured a license from the clerk of
the circuit court of the county in which he is a bona fide resident as pre-
scribed in the general oyster law of the State of Maryland, shall be per-
mitted to use such license to take or catch oysters in the Chesapeake bay
or in the Potomac river at any time that oysters are allowed to be taken in
said waters in conformity with the general oyster law of the State, and
they shall be subject to all the provisions and penalties prescribed by the
general oyster law of the State of Maryland.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 59. 1912, sec. 57. 1904, sec. 56. 1904, ch. 522, sec. 3.

60. The clerks of the circuit courts of St. Mary's, Charles and Calvert
Counties are authorized to issue a license to any bona fide resident of their
respective counties to take or catch oysters, and shall charge the same
fees for the issuing of such license as is provided for in the general oyster
law of the State for tongers to pay for the privilege of taking oysters dur-
ing a full oyster season in any one year; and said license shall permit such
licensee to take or catch oysters in the Chesapeake bay or in the Potomac
river at any time that oysters are allowed to be taken in said Chesapeake
bay and Potomac river under the provisions of the general oyster law of

¹ Sec. 2 of ch. 463 of 1927 repealed all laws inconsistent therewith.