ART. 71.] OYSTERS. 151

gates; and the secretary, assistant secretary and door-
keeper of the senate; and payment of any other officer
of a preceding general assembly than those herein enu-
merated is hereby forbidden.

Passed and approved February 26, 1868.

ARTICLE LXXI.

Oysters.

1. Licenses for bouts, canoes, &c. 2 Duty of comptroller time to catch oys- ters: provisos. 3. Licenses to residents of state- oath. 4. Rate of license all oyster boats to be licensed 6. Penalty fine and forfeiture. 6 Application for license duration of li- cense 7 What license to state rates. 8 Oath of applicant of license name or number, fine. 9 Blank license!) 10. Taking oysters without license- pen- alty 11 Who may arrest. 12 Warrant for arrest. 13. Avoiding arrest seizure of canoe, &c. 14. Resisting arrest penalty. 15. Where unlawful to take oysters . pen- alty Somerset county. 16. Property condemned and sold notice divi'on of proceeds proviso. 17. Appeal bond 18 Jurisdiction proceedings 19. Seizure of boats of non-residents . sale. 20. Arrest without warrant. 21. Duty of oyster police. 22. Arrest of parties nod seizure of boats, &G. duty of justice. 23 Returns to commissioners of oyster police force. 24. Proceedings before justice recogni- zance commitment judgment '25. Taking oysters on Sunday penalty.

26. All moneys paid to treasurer: duty of comptroller. 27. Owners to have exclusive privilege, 4c. proviso owners to have priority : provisos. 28. Exclusive use of creek, &c. 29. Taking planted oysters penalty. 30. States' portion of hnes and forfeitures. 31. Number on mainsail : penalty. 32. Measure of oysters proviso. 33. Measures, inspected and sealed pen- alty, 34. Sworn measurers. 35. License to measurers. 36. Oath of measurers cost of license. 37. Revenue. 38. Appropriation for purchase of vessels for police commissioners of state oyster police force 39 Commander of oyster police ioroe misdemeanor. 40. Cruising- monthly reports : salaries- officers, &c. 41. Arms. 42. Rations. 43 Payment of officers and crew. 44. Dismissal of officers, &c. 45. Rules and regulations. 48. Death or disability of commanding officer 47 Appropriation. 48. Repairs 49. Oath of commanding officer bond. 60. Dragging or dredging for oysters on Honga and Nanticoke rivers above Roaring Point. 61 Forfeiture of canoe, &c. sale: fine.

1868, c. 406 repeals 1867, c. 184 [Sup. 172] and enacts the following in lieu thereof,
and repeals all laws inconsistent herewith:

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 de-

1868, c 406, s. 2. Licenses for boats, canoes, &c.