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OYSTERS. [ART. 13.

issue a license to such resident to employ such boat in catching
Oysters with scoop, dredge, or similar instrument, within the waters

Chesapeake bay
and Eastern
bay.

of the Chesapeake bay, and in Eastern bay, outside of a line drawn
from the southwest corner of second Kent Point to Wade's Point;
Provided, that nothing herein contained shall authorize the catching
of oysters with scoop, dredge, or similar instrument, on any oyster

Certain places
excepted

bar within one and a half miles of Talley's Point, Sandy Point,
Hackett's Point, Thomas's Point, Holland Island Bar, Three Sisters,
Swan Point Bar, Poplar Island, one-quarter of a mile west of, and
between the island and the main land, nor within half a mile of Plum
Point, and to buy and sell oysters in this State; which license shall

Time.

hold good for one year, but shall only authorize the catching of
oysters between the first of October and the first of May; but it
shall be lawful for the owner of any such boat licensed, whenever

Transfer

said owner shall sell and convey by a bill of sale, for a bona, fide con-
sideration, said boat unto any person who has been a resident of the
State of Maryland for at least one year, to transfer the said license
to said vendee with said boat, which license, when transferred, shall
entitle said vendee with said boat to the same privileges for catch-
ing oysters in the waters of this State, that the original vendor or
assignor had before said assignment; provided, the said vendee and
assignee shall appear before the comptroller of the treasury and

Oath.

make oath before him to all the facts, matters, things, and prerequi-
sites required of said original vendor or assignor, before taking out
such license, upon which said license said comptroller shall certify-
the fact of said vendee or assignee having taken said oath, and for

Fee.

which said assignee or vendee shall pay the sum of five dollars, to
be paid to the State of Maryland.

1874, c 380
Requirements
of oath.

3. The owner of such boat shall make oath before the comptroller
or his clerk, or before the clerk of the Circuit Court of the county
in which he shall reside, or, if he resides in the city of Baltimore,
before the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said city, that he
is the bona fide owner of such boat, to be described in the license;
that he has been a resident of the State for the time beforemen-
tioned; that there is no lien on said boat held by a non-resident;
that the said boat is not held with an intention to violate the pro-
visions of this article; such applicant shall produce before the comp-
troller, or the said clerk, at the time of such application, custom-
house enrolment or license of such boat, and if such boat is under
custom-house tonnage, the owner shall swear as to her tonnage;
the master of such boat shall make oath before the comptroller or
clerk aforesaid, that he has been a resident of the State of Mary-
land for twelve months next preceding the time of taking such oath,
and in all cases where such oath shall be administered by the clerk
of the Circuit Court, or the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas as
aforesaid, such clerk so administering such oath shall certify the
same fully, in accordance with the provisions of this article, under
seal to the comptroller, and shall deliver such certificate to the owner