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OYSTERS. [ART. 71.

twentieth day of April and the tenth day of October
of each year, except the taking and catching be from
lands previously located and appropriated, or for the
purpose of preserving, depositing and bedding the
same, under the provisions of this act. '

Ibid. s. 8.
What license
to state.

7. Each and every license to take or catch oysters
for sale, with rakes or tongs, shall state the name and
residence of the person to whom the same is to be
granted, the number, together with the length, (to be
obtained by top or overall measurement,) of the canoe
or other boat to be licensed, 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 and delivery of the

Rates.

same, according to the following rates, viz: for any
canoe or boat measuring in length twenty feet or less,
the sum of four dollars; measuring from twenty to
twenty-five feet, the sum of six dollars ; measuring
from twenty-five feet to thirty feet, the sum of eight
dollars; and all over thirty feet in length, including
sloops under custom house tonnage, the sum of ten
dollars each.

Ibid. s. 9.
Oath of appli-
cant.

8. Every applicant for license to use or employ any
canoe or boat under custom house tonnage, in taking
or catching oysters, with rakes or tongs, shall be re-
quired to make oath or affirmation before the clerk
authorized to issue the same, or some justice of the
peace, upon whose certificate of the taking of such
oath or affirmation, the clerk shall issue said license,
that the facts set forth in said license are strictly true ;
that he has been a bona fide resident of this state for
the twelve months next preceding his application for
said license; that he desires and intends to use said
canoe or boat only in the county in whichx his appli-
cation is made, and that he will comply with and
obey all. provisions of the laws of this state regulating
the taking or catching of oysters; and every person,
to whom such license shall have been granted, shall

Number of
boat.

paint the number of his canoe or other boat on the