ART. 10.] OYSTERS. 1053

the Bawdle house, on the Talbot shore, immediately opposite,
or in any tributary of said river above or below said line from,
said Thomas wharf, on the Dorchester shore, to said Bawdle house,
on the Talbot shore; and provided further, that the applicant shall
pay to the clerk before the issuing of such license the sum of two
dollars per ton, according to the capacity of the vessel to be
licensed, and that all boats measuring less than five tons shall pay
eight dollars for said license, which said license shall be good for
twelve months from the day of its issue; and until such license is
obtained it shall be unlawful to use or employ any vessel in taking
or catching oysters as hereinbefore described; provided, that the
waters of Talbot county lying between Black Walnut point and a
line drawn from Tilghman's point to the southwest point of Par-
son's island, except the waters between Poplar island and the main
land lying within a line drawn from a point of land lying on the
north side of Ferry cove, known as Law's point, to the northern
extremity of Poplar island, on the north, to a line from the north-
west extremity of Tilghman's island to the southern extremity of
south bar of Poplar island on the south, which are reserved for
the use of tongmen, shall be opened to the citizens of Talbot
county licensed under this section, between the first day of October
and the first day of April next following; but it shall be unlawful
to take oysters with scoop, scrape or dredge in any other waters of
Talbot county; provided, also, that the waters of Choptank river
lying north of a straight line running from Benancis point to
Clora's point are reserved for tongmen; and it shall not be lawful
to catch oysters with scoop, scrape or dredge, or similar instrument,
to the northward of said line.

1878, ch. 369.

245. The owner of such boat shall make oath before the said
clerk that he is the bona fide owner of such boat, and it shall be
described in the license; that he has been a resident of the county
in which his application is made, for twelve months; that there
is no lien on said boat held by a non-resident, and that it is not
held with an intention to violate the provisions of the preceding
section; and shall also make oath as to tho tonnage of such boat;
and the master and each of the crew of such boat shall make oath,
before said clerk that he has been a resident of the said county
for twelve months next preceding the time of taking such oath.