104 OYSTERS. [ART. 72

authorize the taking or catching of oysters with scoop, dredge
or similar instrument, on any oyster bar within one and one-
half miles of Talley'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's Point bar, nor between Poplar Island and the mainland
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 the south bar of Poplar Island
to Pawpaw cove, on Tilghman Island, nor within one-quarter
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 first day of November and the fifteenth
day of March, on which day the dredging season shall end;
provided, however, that in the waters of the Potomac river
the beginning of the dredging season shall be on the fifteenth
day of October, 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 such boat to any
person who has been a resident of the State of Maryland for at
least one year to transfer said license to said purchaser with
said boat, which license when transferred shall entitle said
purchaser to the same privileges of catching and taking oysters
with said boat in the waters of this State that the original
owner had before such assignment; provided, said seller and
buyer appear before the Comptroller of the Treasury, and
make oath before him to all facts, matters and things required
of said original owner of such boat before taking out such
license, upon which said license said Comptroller shall certify
in writing that the said purchaser has taken said oath, for
which said certificate the said purchaser shall pay to the 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
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 dredge, scrape or
scoop.