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the State; and the holder of such license shall be permitted to use the
same in the Patuxent river and its tributaries in St. Mary's, Calvert and
Charles Counties, and in the tributaries of the Potomac river of Charles
and St. Mary's Counties, from the first day of October until the first day
of April in each year.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 60. 1912, sec. 58. 1904, sec. 57. 1904, ch. 522, sec. 4.

61. Any person holding a license on April 8, 1904, to take or catch
oysters in the Patuxent river and its tributaries, or the tributaries of the
Potomac river in St. Mary's, Charles or Calvert Counties, shall be per-
mitted to use such license f or tire full term for which they were granted.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 61. 1912, sec. 59. 1904, sec. 58. 1904, ch: 522, sec. 5.

62. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of sections
58 to 61 shall be subject to the same penalties and dealt with in the same
manner as provided for in the general oyster law of the State for taking
or catching oysters during the closed season or without license.

1933, ch. 516.

63. It shall be unlawful for any person to catch or take oysters with
scoop, scrape or dredge in the waters of the Choptank River north and east
of a line drawn from the Sinclair dwelling, situate between Upper Bar
Neck Beacon and Lower Bar Nock Point on Tilghman's Island to Be-
noni's Lighthouse and thence to Chlora Point, Gland Nock, in Talbot
County, and in the waters of the Choptank River and its tributaries above
and east of a line drawn from Howell's Point in Talbot County to Horn
Point in Dorchester County.

Potomac.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 71. 1912, sec. 68A. 1912, ch. 4, sec. 1.

64. It shall be lawful for any citizen of the State of Maryland or of
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 Maryland 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-resident 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. 72. 1912, sec. 68B. 1912, ch. 4, sec. 2. 1927, ch. 476, sec. 72.

1931, ch. 298.

65. (Closed Season for Catching Oysters.) It shall not be lawful for
any citizen of either State to take oysters with tongs from the waters of the