ART. 71.] OYSTERS.

catching of oysters ; and every person to whom such
license may be granted shall be required to paint the

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name or number of his canoe or other boat on said
boat to correspond with said name or number in
such license ; and any person neglecting or refusing
to comply with this provision shall on conviction
thereof, before a justice of the peace, pay a fine of

Name or num-
ber to be paint-
ed on canoe, &c.

not less than five dollars, nor more than ten dollars,
one-half to be paid to the informer and the residue
to the comptroller of the treasury.

Penalty.

9. The comptroller of the treasury shall cause to
be printed and delivered to the clerks of the circuit
courts for the several counties, and the clerk of the
court of common pleas of Baltimore city, the requi-
site number of such blank licenses, and take receipts
for the same as for other licenses furnished, and the
said clerks shall, on the first Monday in June and
December in each year, return to the said comp-
troller, a list and account of such licenses issued by
them.

Ibid s 9
Comptroller to
have licenses
printed and
sent to clerks
of courts

10. If any person shall take or catch oysters with
rakes or tongs in any waters of this state, without
having first obtained license as required by the pre-
ceding sections of this law, he shall upon conviction
thereof before any justice of the peace for the county

Ibid, s 10.
Penalty.

where the offence may bo committed, be fined not
less than twenty, nor more than one hundred dol-
lars, or forfeit the canoe or steamboat so used or
employed, in the discretion of the justice before
whom the same may be tried, one-half of said fine
to be paid to the informer and the residue to the
school fund of the county wherein the offence may
have been committed.

Fine and
forfeiture.

11. All owners and masters of canoes, boats or
vessels licensed under this article, being white men,
are hereby constituted officers of this state for the
purpose of arresting and taking before any judge of
any circuit court or justice of the peace, who shall

Ibid. s. 11.
Owners and
masters of
boats, &c,
constituted
officers.

have jurisdiction therein, any person or persons who
may be engaged in violating any of the provisions

To arrest per-
sons violating
this law, &c.