OYSTERS 2735

An. Code, 1924, sec. 129. 1912, sec. 113. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 111. 1927, ch. 604.

126. It shall be lawful at any time after the closed season for taking
oysters, to take oysters from such natural beds or bars in Chesapeake Bay
as the Commission may mark out for that purpose, and at such time as
the Commission may designate, but not to exceed one month in any one
year and under such regulations as said Commission may from time to
time prescribe; and, provided, however, that said oysters may be sold only
for the purposes now permitted under the existing laws of Maryland, dur-
ing the season of the year above mentioned; and in addition thereto, to
persons engaged in the industry of planting and cultivating oysters within
the area designated by this sub-title, the same to be delivered only upon
lands which may have been leased under the provisions of this sub-title for
said purposes of planting or cultivation.¹

[126. It shall be lawful at any time after the closed season for taking
oysters, to take oysters from such natural beds or bars in Chesapeake Bay
as the Commission may mark out for that purpose, and at such time as the
Commission may designate, but not to exceed one month in any one year
and under such regulations as said Commission may from time to time pre-
scribe ; and, provided, however, that said oysters may be sold only for the
purposes now permitted under the existing laws of Maryland, during the
season of the year above mentioned; and in addition thereto, to persons
engaged in the industry of planting and cultivating oysters within the
State of Maryland, the same to be delivered only upon land which may have
been leased under the provisions of this sub-title for said purposes of plant-
ing or cultivation.] ²

An. Code, 1924, sec. 130. 1912, sec. 114. 1906, ch. 711, sec. 112, 1912, ch. 539, sec. 112

1924, ch. 577.

127. No person shall catch or take oysters with dredge or similar in-
strument on any land held by lease under the provisions of this sub-title
without first having obtained a license therefor in the same manner as is
now required by law for dredging oysters on the natural bars in the waters
of the Chesapeake Bay. Oysters may be taken in the Chesapeake Bay
and its tributaries and all other waters of the State on such leased bot-
toms by the holders of such leased bottoms by dredging, scraping or tong-
ing with boats propelled by oars, sails or otherwise, at such time as may
be desired by the holders of such land, between sunrise and sunset of
any week day between the first day of October in any year and the first
day of April in the following year. An annual license fee of fifteen dol-
lars ($15) shall be paid the State Comptroller for each boat used in tak-
ing oysters from leased bottoms and the license number shall be placed
on the bow of each boat in figures not less than eight inches in length. It is
however, specially provided that it shall be unlawful for any holder of
land under this sub-title to take up oysters from the land so held by him
during the closed season f or the dredging of oysters from the natural bars
of this State until after he has given a written notice of his intention so

¹ Sec. 2 of ch. 604 of acts of 1927 repealed all laws inconsistent therewith to extent
of such inconsistency.

² This section, as proposed to be amended by Ch. 335, 1939, but as said Act is to be
voted: upon at the November election, 1940, this section will not become effective
unless approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon. If said Act is approved,
this section will become effective Dec. 5, 1940,