ART. 71. ] OYSTERS. 53

ARTICLE LXXI.
Oysters.

Chapter 181 repeals this article and enacts the following in lieu thereof—(II. Sup-
plement 62: )

SEC. 1. No person shall take or catch oysters within the
waters of this State, for sale, with a scoop, drag or dredge, rakes,
tongs, or any other instrument whatever, without having first
obtained a license, as hereinafter provided.

2. Such license, except such as may be issued to tongs-
men, shall be issued by the Comptroller of the Treasury, and
shall specify the name of the vessel to be used in taking and
catching oysters; the name of owner and master thereof; the
county or city of which such owner and master are citizens;
the tonnage of the vessel, and the amount paid for the license;
and shall authorize said vessel to be used in taking and catching
oysters with scoop, drag, dredge, and any other instrument,
from the first day of September of each and every year, to the
first day of June following, within the waters of the Chesapeake
bay, and not within any other bay, river, creek, strait or sound,
and not on any oyster bed or rock on or about Tally's Point,
Sandy Point, Hackett's Point, Thomas7 Point, the Three Sisters,
on the western side of the Chesapeake bay, and not within the
Chesapeake bay where the water is less than fifteen feet deep;
provided,

3. No license shall be issued to any person other than a
resident of this State, and the applicant for such license shall
first make oath before the Comptroller of the Treasury that he
is a bona fide owner or master of the vessel to be described in
the license for which he is an applicant, that he has been a resi-
dent of this State at least twelve months immediately preceding
the day on which he applies for such license, and that he will
well and faithfully obey and comply with all the provisions of
the laws of this State, regulating the taking and catching of
oysters, and that he will, to the best of his ability, aid in the