172 OYSTERS. [ART. 71.
15. Who not allowed to take oysters in
certain waters penalty . not applicable to
Somerset county.
16. Unlawful to catch oysters outside of
the county where licensed penalty fishing
bay in Dorchester county.
17. Property condemned to be sold by
sheriff notice to be given proceeds of sale.
18. Right to appeal bond jury
19. Jurisdiction of offences outside limits
of a county proceedings in name of state
costs.
20. Liability of vessels owned by non-
residents to seizure, &c.
21. Officers may arrest, &c , with or with-
out warrant.
22. Comptroller to charter a vessel to
cruise.
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23. Duty of officer in command of steamer
24. Officer to return his commission and
report to comptroller pay of officer, &c.
25 Charter money
26. Justices to try and docket cases re-
cognizance judgment or fine
27 Oysters not to be taken on Sunday-
penalty.
28. Disposition of sales of licenses, &c
29 What owners of land to have Tight of
bedding, &c.
30 Exclusive rights of owners
31. Penalties for taking oysters imbed-
ded, &c.
32 Disposition of fines, &c
33 Number of license to be displayed on
boat, &c. penalty.
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1867, c. 184 repeals this article and the acts of 1864, c. 333 and 1865, c. 181 and enacts
as follows:
1867, C. 184, s 1
Oystermen to
take out
licenses.
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SEC. 1. No owner, master, captain, hirer, borrower,
or employee of any owner or other person shall use
or employ any canoe, boat or vessel of any kind or
description whatever in taking or catching oysters
for sale in the waters of this state, or in buying or
selling oysters in the state without having first ob-
tained a license to so use or employ such canoe, boat
or other vessel as hereinafter provided.
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Ibid s.2.
Comptroller to
issue licenses
to residents.
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2. The comptroller of the treasury shall, upon
the application of any resident of the state of Mary-
land, being the owner of any boat or vessel licensed
or enrolled in any custom house of the United States,
in said state, issue to such resident license to take or
catch oysters with scoop, drag, scrape, dredge or any
other instrument within the waters of the Chesapeake
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Provisos.
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bay, and to buy and sell oysters in the state ; provided,
that said license shall not authorize the taking or
catching of oysters with scoop, scrape, drag or dredge,
between the first day of June and September in each
year, which is hereby expressly forbidden ; and pro-
vided also, that no steamboat or other vessel pro-
pelled by steam machinery shall be used for taking
or catching oysters in any of the waters of this state.
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