1036 OYSTERS—DREDGING——LICENSE. [ART. 72.

oath before him to all the facts, matters and things required of
said original vendor or assignor, before taking out such license;
upon which said license, the said comptroller shall certify in
writing the fact of said vendee or assignee having taken said
oath; for which said certificate, the said vendee or assignee shall
pay to the said comptroller the sum of five dollars for the use of
the State.

1886, ch. 296, sec. 4.

3. It shall not be lawful for the owner or master or any
person on board of any vessel in this State, to affix any crank,
spool-winder or other machinery or equipment for operating or
nandling scoops, scrapes or dredges, or to have on board any
vessel a scoop, scrape or dredge, with intent to affix the same to
said vessel for use in taking or catching oysters, without having
first obtained a license to take or catch oysters with a scoop or
dredge as aforesaid; and the fact of having such scoop, dredge or
scrape on board of any vessel shall be prima facie evidence of
an intent to use the same contrary to this section.

Ibid, sec 5

4t The owner of such boat shall make oath before the comp-
troller, or his clerk, or if the owner be a resident of Baltimore
city, he may make oath before the clerk of the court of common
pleas, or if a resident of a county, he may make oath before the
clerk of the circuit court for said county, 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 hereinbefore prescribed;
that there is no lien on said boat held by a non-resident, directly
or indirectly, and that the said boat is not held and shall not
knowingly be used with an intention to violate or evade the pro-
visions of this law; and such applicant shall produce before the
comptroller at the time of making such application the certificate
of the taking of such oath and the custom house tonnage—which
tonnage the owner shall swear to. The master of such boat shall
also make oath before the comptroller, or his clerk, or, if a resi-
dent of Baltimore city, before the clerk of the court of common
pleas, or before the clerk of the circuit court for the county
wherein he may reside, that he has been a resident of this State
for twelve months next preceding the time of taking such oath.