dss1708 QUEEN ANNE\S COUNTY. [ART. 18.

next succeeding, subject to the provisions of the general law, as
to the time in which oysters shall be caught or taken with tongs;
provided, that such license shall not authorize the use of said
canoe or boat in taking or catching oysters in any creek, river,
cove, inlet, bay or sound, within the limits of any county other
than Queen Anne's and Kent; and that the boundaries of the
counties bordering on navigable water shall be strictly construed
so as not to permit the residents of either of these counties to
take or catch oysters beyond the channel of the creeks or rivers
lying between these and other contiguous counties; and provided
further, that this section shall not authorize the taking or catch-
ing of oysters from grounds already located or appropriated for
the purpose of preserving, depositing or bedding the same, in the
-waters of said counties, under the provisions of the general laws.

1876, ch. 881.

213. The following lines, to wit, from the south point of Wye
island to the southeast point of Bennett's point, thence to the
south point of Parsons' island, are established as a boundary for
the protection of the oyster grounds in that branch of Wye river,
known as " Back Wye," and the oyster grounds lying'on the land
or Queen Anne's side of that part of said boundary extending
from the southeast point of Bennett's point to the south point of
Parsons' island.

Ibid.

214. It shall not be lawful for any non-resident of Queen
Anne's county to catch by the means of tongs, or by any other
means, or in any manner to molest oysters, the protection of
which is contemplated by this sub-title of this article, to wit,
oysters within or on the land or Queen Anne's side of the boun-
dary herein above specified.

Ibid.

215. The dividing waters of Wye river, and the waters of St.
Michael's river lying west of the boundary line described in sec-
tion 213, and the waters around Herring island are opened to
the citizens of Queen Anne's and Talbot counties in common, for
the purpose of taking or catching oysters with rakes or tongs.