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OYSTERS. [ART. 71.
of the peace or court, but said provisions shall not

To whom not
applicable.

apply to masters or owners of boats or vessels from
other states who may buy oysters from any party or
parties authorized by license to catch or take oysters
in any of the waters of this state.

Ibid s. 6
Clerks of
courts to issue
licenses to take
oysters with
rakes or tongs.

6. Any resident of this state owning or having in
his possession any canoe or other small boat, may,
upon application to the clerk of the circuit court for
the county wherein he may reside, or to the clerk of
the court of common pleas of the city of Baltimore,
if he be a resident of said city, obtain license to take
or catch oysters in any of the waters of this state,
with rakes or -tongs, from the first day of June in
each and any year to the first day of June in the

Proviso

following year ; provided, that such license shall not
authorize the taking or catching of oysters in any
creek, river, cove, inlet, bay or sound within the

License to
apply only to
county where
granted.

limits of any county other than the one of which
said applicant shall be a resident, and where the
license may be granted.

Ibid s.7
What license
shall state.

7. Each and every license to take or catch oysters
with rakes or tongs shall state the name and resi-
dence of the person to whom the same is to be
granted, the name or number of the canoe or other
boat to be licensed, and the county in which the
same is to be used, and the period at which said
license will expire, and every applicant for such
license shall pay to the clerk of the court where
such license may be granted, and before the issuing

License foe.

and delivering of the same, the sum of four dollars
for each and every canoe or other boat so licensed.

Ibid, s 8.
Applicant to
make oath.

8. Every applicant for license to take or catch
oysters with rakes or tongs, shall be required to
make oath before the clerk authorized to -issue the
same, or some justice of the peace, upon whose cer-
tificate of the taking of such oath the clerk shall
issue said license that he is a bona fide resident of
the county in which such application is made, and
that he will obey and comply with all the provisions
of the laws of this state regulating the taking and