470 OYSTERS. [ART. 72'

to catch oysters with scoop, scrape, dredge, or any other similar
instruments; each figure shall be twenty two inches in length,
and of proportionate width, and the figures at least six inches
apart; and he shall give to each person taking out such license,
two numbers thereof, one of which shall be securely sewed upon
the starboard side, and in the middle of that part of the mainsail
which is above the close reef, and the other number on the port
side in the middle part of the jib, which is above the bonnet and
reef; these numbers shall be placed in au upright position, and
worn at all times during the dredging season, and returned at
the end of the season, and shall not be concealed or defaced, and
no other number shall be exposed to view, or used, than that
which is furnished by the comptroller. Any person who shall
violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, as provided in section fifteen of this article; and
in any such case the boat or vesssel shall be forfeited and con-
demned, in the discretion of the judge, in the manner as pro-
vided in section twenty seven. The provisions of this section
shall apply to all boats licensed to take oysters with scrape or
scoop by any county in this State, except that the numbers for
such boats shall be painted red instead of black; and the
numbers shall be delivered by the comptroller to the clerks of
the courts as they may be ordered; and at the end of the season
all licenses not used shall be returned by said clerks to the comp-
troller; and the said clerks shall also pay to the comptroller one-
half of all moneys received by him for such licenses, which sum
shall be placed to the credit of the "Oyster Fund. "
Smith v. School Commissioners, 81 Md. 516.

Dredging in Exempted Waters.

1894, ch. 380.

31. If any boat or vessel shall be seen sailing on any of the
waters of this State which are exempted from dredging by law,
in the same manner in which they sail to take or catch oysters
with scoop, scrape, drag or dredge or similar instrument, the said
boat or vessel shall be pursued by any officer authorized by this
article to make arrests, and if said boat or vessel apprehended by
said officer, shall be found to have on board any wet oysters, or
the dredges, or dredge line, or deck wet, indicating the taking of