464 OYSTERS. [ART. 72

or his clerk, or if a resident of Baltimore city, before the clerk
of the court of common pleas, or before the clerk of the circuit
court for the county wherein he may reside, that he has been a
resident of the State for the twelve months next preceding the
time of taking such oath. Any one violating this section shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction before a
judge of the criminal court of Baltimore city, or a judge of the
circuit court for the county, or a justice of the peace having jur-
isdiction, as the case may be, shall be fined a sum not less than
fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, or imprisoned
in the house of correction for a period of not less than three
months or more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the
judge or justice of the peace.

1896, ch. 418.

22. Before granting such license, the comptroller shall receive
two dollars and eighty-five cents for every gross ton the boat
shall measure, and in case any license is issued by the authority
of any county, the clerk of the circuit court for the county shall
receive for such license from the applicant, one dollar and ninety
cents per gross ton for every gross ton the boat may measure,
except that when the license is issued by authority of any county
the license fee shall be eight dollars for all boats of five gross
tons measurement and under, said measurement to be the gross
tonnage of custom house measurement; but no allowance or
deduction shall be made or allowed by reason of dunnaging; and
it shall be the duty of the commander of the State fishery force,
and any officer under his command, at any time he or they shall
deem it proper, to inspect and verify the measurement of any
boat and its gross tonnage; and the measurement ascertained
by such officer shall be conclusive and final, and any license
granted shall be corrected or amended in accordance with such
measurement, and the appropriate license fee hereinbefore named,
paid in accordance with such measurement, and the right granted
by any license already issued shall be suspended until the full
payment of such license fee is completed; provided, that per-
sons applying for scraping license for boats to dredge in the
Chesapeake bay, after the first day of January to the fifteenth
day of March, shall be required to pay only one dollar and fifty