462 OYSTERS. [ART. 72

secutive months next preceding such application, issue a license
to such resident, and to no other person, to employ such boat in
taking or catching oysters with scoop, dredge or similar instru-
ment within the waters of Chesapeake bay, Potomac river and in
Eastern bay, outside of a line drawn from the southwest corner
of second Kent point to Wade's point; provided, that nothing
herein contained shall authorize the taking or catching of oysters
with scoop, dredge or similar instrument, on any oyster bar
within one and a half miles of Tolley's point, Sandy point,
Hackett's point, Thomas' point, Holland's island bar and Three
Sisters, nor within one and one-half miles of Holland's point bar
nor of Swan point bar, nor between Poplar island and the main-
land of Talbot county, south of a line drawn from the north
point of Poplar island to Lowe's point on the mainland, nor north
of a line drawn from the end of south bar of Poplar island to
Paw Paw cove on Tilghman's island nor within one-fourth of a
mile west of Poplar island, nor within one-half of a mile of Plum
point, nor within the boundary lines of any county, unless herein
otherwise specified; which license shall hold good for one season
only, and shall only authorize the catching of oysters between
the fifteenth day of October and the fifteenth day of March, on
which day the dredging season shall end, and the license expire;
but it shall be lawful for the owner of any such licensed boat,
whenever said owner shall sell and convey by bill of sale, for a
bona, fide consideration, said boat unto any person who has been
a resident of the State of Maryland for at least one year, to trans-
fer said license to said vendee, with said boat, which license,
when transferred shall entitle said vendee to the same privileges
for catching or taking oysters, with said boat in the waters of
this State, that the original vendor or assignor had had before
said assignment; provided, said vendee and assignee shall appear
before the comptroller of the treasury and make oath before him
to all the facts, matters and things required of said original ven-
dor 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 comp-
troller the sum of five dollars for the use of the "Oyster Fund. "
The provisions of this section in relation to the time of taking