1044 OYSTERS—RAKES OR TONGS—LICENSES. [ART. 72.

that he has been a bona fide resident of the county 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 which he resides, or the waters used in common as hereinbefore
provided in this article; that no non-resident of Maryland is
interested in the said canoe or other boat, or in the use thereof ;
and that he will not allow the same to be used for taking oysters
by non-residents of the county, or on account of non-residents
of this State, and that he will comply with and obey all the
laws of this State regulating the taking or catching of oysters.
Every person to whom such license shall be granted shall paint
the number of his canoe or boat on the outside thereof, near
the gunwale, in black figures, and not less than three inches
in length, and of proportionate width, in a white ground; and no
number other than that in the said license shall be exposed to
view on said canoe or boat; and any person failing to comply
with this provision before using said boat or canoe for the purpose
aforesaid, shall, on conviction thereof before a justice of the
peace, be fined not less than five dollars nor more than ten dol-
lars ; and any person who may refuse to pay said fine shall be
committed to the county jail for the period of thirty days, or until
said fine and costs are paid.

1886, ch. 296, sec. 20.

17. The comptroller of the treasury shall cause to be printed
and delivered to the clerk of the circuit courts for the several
counties, the requisite number of such blank licenses and take
receipts for the same, as for other licenses furnished; and the
said clerks shall, on the first Monday of March and December in.
each year, return to the comptroller a list and account of such
licenses issued by them, and at the end of each tonging season
shall return all unused licenses to him; and no licenses to take or
catch oysters with rakes or tongs shall be issued to any boat or
vessel which is licensed to take or catch oysters with scoop, drag,
dredge, or any similar instrument.

Ibid. sec. 21.

18. If any person shall use any canoe or boat not licensed as
required by the preceding sections of this article, in talcing or