1588 OYSTERS [ART. 72

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 comptroller; 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.

State v Applegarth, 81 Md. 297. Smith v School Commrs., 81 Md. 516

Dredging in Exempted Waters.

1894, ch 380, sec. 31

32. 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 instruments, the
said boat or vessel shall be pursued by any officer authorized
by this article to make arrests, and if said boat or vessel appre-
hended 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 oysters at said time, and properly equipped for
taking or catching oysters with scoop, scrape, drag or dredge
or similar instrument, such fact shall be prima fade evidence
that the said boat or vessel has been used in violation of the
provisions of this article; and it shall be the duty of the officer
to arrest the person in command of said boat or vessel, together
with all her equipments, and bring the same before a judge or
justice of the peace of the county having jurisdiction, or, if in
the Chesapeake bay, in the county most accessible or convenient,
to be dealt with according to law; provided that nothing in this
article shall be construed to prohibit vessels from seeking
harbor in any waters of this State. The provisions of this
section shall extend to all boats licensed to take oysters with
scoop or scrape by any county of this State.

State Fishery Force.

Ibid. sec. 32.

33. The board of public works are empowered and directed
to purchase for each of the guard boats such arms and ammu-
nition as may be necessary to make them efficient, and the
officers of such boats shall be authorized to use such arms, in