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oysters, the time of expiration of license, and the transfer of
ownership shall apply to all vessels licensed by any county in
this State, to take and catch oysters with scrape or scoop, and
any law, general or local, in conflict herewith, shall be void and
of no effect.

1894, ch. 380.

20. It shall not be lawful for the owner or master or any
person on board of a vessel in this State to affix any crank, spool,
winder or other machinery or equipment for operating or hand-
ling scoops or dredges, or to have on board any vessel a scoop,
scrape or dredge, with intent to affix the same to said vessel for
use in taking or catching oysters, without having first obtained a
license to take or catch oysters with a scoop or dredge, as afore-
said; and the fact of having such scoop, dredge or scrape on
board of any vessel shall be prima f ode evidence of an intent to
use the same contrary to this section.

1896, ch. 418.

21. The owner of such boat shall make oath before the comp-
troller or his clerk, or if the owner be a resident of Baltimore
city, he may make oath before the clerk of the court of common
pleas, or if a resident of a county, he may make oath before the
clerk of the circuit court for said county, at the same time exhib-
iting his custom house license to said officer, before whom he
makes the oath, that he is the bona fide owner of such boat
described in the license; that he has been a resident of the State,
for the time hereinbefore prescribed; that there is no lien on
said boat, held by a non-resident, directly or indirectly, and that
the said boat is not held, and shall not be knowingly used with
an intention to violate or evade provisions of this article, and
such applicant shall produce before the comptroller, at the time
of making such application, the certificate of the taking of such
oath, and the gross custom house tonnage, which gross tonnage
the owner shall swear to, and shall further make oath that before
the measurement of said vessel by the custom house officers, the
said vessel was not dunnaged, so as to evade the just and proper
measurement of tonnage of said vessel, with a view of evading
a proper and just sum for the licensing of said vessel. The
master of such boat shall also make oath before the comptroller