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shall have the number of said license painted on each side of the
bow of such boat, in black figures, to be on a white ground, of a
size not less than five inches in length; and also painted upon two
pieces of canvas, one of which shall be sewed upon the starboard
side of the jib and the other upon the port side of the mainsail
of such boat, and such figures shall not be less than seven inches
in length; and the licenses for Talbot county shall be numbered
from one upwards, and those for Dorchester county from two
hundred upwards.

1878, ch. 350.

250. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of
sections 244 and 219 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof by any judge of the circuit court of
a justice of the peace for either of said counties, before whom
such case may be tried, shall be fined not less than twenty-five
nor more than one hundred dollars, or forfeit the boat or vessel
in possession of the party offending, together with the papers,
furniture and tackle on board, in the discretion of the judge or
justice hearing such case.

Ibid.

251. The county commissioners of Talbot county shall appoint
a competent person to measure all canoes or other boats author-
ized to catch oysters under section 244, in the waters of Talbot
county, according to the rule now in use by the custom house of
the United States, said measurer to receive as a fee for his
services fifty cents per ton for each ton the boat may measure;
to enter into bond to the said county in the sum of five hundred
dollars for the faithful performance of his duty, and to hold his
office during the term of said commissioners.

Ibid.

252. Any resident of Dorchester or Talbot counties desiring
to use any canoe or other boat in catching or taking oysters for
sale, with rakes or tongs, in the said Choptank river, shall first
obtain, by application to the clerk of the circuit court for said
counties, respectively, a license therefor; and such license shall
have effect from the first day of June in the year in which it may
be obtained to the first day of June succeeding, and shall author-