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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Prohibition

nothing herein contained shall authorize the catch-

specified.

ing of oysters with scoop, dredge or similar instru-

ment, on any oyster bar within one and a half miles

of Talley's point, Sandy point, Hackett's point,

Thomas' point, Holland Island bar, Three Sisters,

Swan point bar, Poplar island, one-quarter of a

mile west of and between the island and the main-

land, nor within a half mile of Plum point, and to

buy and sell oysters in this State, which license shall

hold good for one year, but shall only authorize the

catching of oysters betwen the fifteenth day of Oc-

tober and the first day of April; but it shall be

lawful for the owner of any such boat licensed,

whenever said owner shall sell and convey by bill

of sale, for a bona fide consideration, said boat unto

any person who has been a resident of the State of

Right to

Maryland for at least one year, to transfer the said

transt'ei li-

license to said vendee with said boat, which license,

cense.

when transferred, shall entitle said vendee with said

boat to the same privileges for catching oysters in

the waters of this State that the original vendor or

assignor had before said assignment ; provided the

said vendee and assignee shall appear before the

Make oath of
facts.

Comptroller of the Treasury and make oath before him
to all the facts, matters, things and prerequisites re-
quired of said original vendor or assignor before taking

out such licenses, upon which said license the said

Comptroller shall certify the fact of said vendee or

assignee have taken said oath, and for which said

assignee or vendee shall pay the sum of five dollars,

to be paid to the State of Maryland.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the owner of such

Must be bona

boat shall make oath before the Comptroller or his

fide owner.

clerk, or if the owner be a resident of Baltimore

city, shall make oath before the Clerk of the Court

of Common pleas, or if a resident of a county, shall

make oath before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of

said county that he is the bona fide owner of such

boat to be described in the license ; that he has been

a resident of the State for the time before mentioned ;

that there is no lien on said boat held by a non-resi-

dent ; that the said boat is not held with an inten-

tion to violate the provisions of this law ; such ap-

plicant shall produce before the Comptroller at the

time of such application the certificate of the taking