1580 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 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's 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 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 Mary-
land for at least one year to transfer said license to said pur-
chaser 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 comptroller
the sum of five dollars for the use of the oyster fund; the pro-
visions 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.
Tyler v State, 93 Md. 309.

1894, ch. 380, sec. 20.

21. 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