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OYSTERS. [ART. 71.

scription whatever in taking or catching oysters for
sale in the waters of this state, without having first
obtained a license to so use or employ such canoe, boat
or other vessel as hereinafter provided.

Ibid. B. 3.
Duty of comp-
troller.

2. The comptroller of the treasury shall, upon the
application of any resident of the state of Maryland,
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 catch
or take oysters with scoop, drag, scrape, dredge or
any other instrument, within the waters of the Chesa-
peake Bay, and to buy and sell oysters in the state,

Proviso.

provided, that said license shall not authorize the
taking or catching of oysters with scoop, scrape, drag

Time to catch.

or dredge between the first day of June and Septem-
ber in each year, which is hereby expressly forbidden;

Provisos.

and provided also, that no steamboat or other vessel
propelled by steam machinery, shall be used for taking
or catching oysters in any of the waters of this state.

Ibid, s 4.
Licenses to
residents of
state.

3. No license shall be issued to any person who has
not been a resident of the state for twelve months next
preceding such application, and the owner, or owners,
and masters of such vessel when making application

Oath.

for such license, shall each make oath before the comp-
troller or his authorized clerk that they are bona fide
owner and master of the boat or vessel to be described
in the license for which they are applicants; that they
have been residents of this state for the time herein-
before mentioned, and. that there is no lien on such
vessel held by a non-resident, and such applicant shall
produce before said comptroller or his authorized clerk,
the custom house enrolment or license of such boat or
or vessel under such rules and regulations as the said
comptroller may have previously prescribed.

Ibid. B. 6.
Rate of license.

4. Every applicant before obtaining such license
shall pay the comptroller or his authorized clerk,
therefor, at the rate of three dollars per ton for
every ton the boat or vessel for which he desires
license, may measure according to its custom house
enrolment or license; and it shall be the duty of
every person thus obtaining license to exhibit the