WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 313

	SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That the Comptroller
	of the Treasury shall have painted in black figures,
	on white canvas, two sets of numbers, corresponding	Numbers to
	to the license to catch oysters with scoop, scrape,	correspond
	dredge or any similar instrument ; each figure shall	with license.
	be twenty-two inches in length, and of proportion-
	ate width, and the figures at least six inches apart;
	and he shall give to each person taking out such li-
	cense two numbers thereof, one of which shall be
	firmly 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,
	and in the middle part of the jib, which is above
	the bonnet and reef; these numbers shall be placed	Numbers—
	in an upright position, and worn at all times during	where placed
	the dredging season, and stall 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 or persons who shall vio-
	late the provisions of this section shall be deemed
	guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in
	any Circuit Court in this State, or before a justice of
	the peace, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars
	nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned
	in the House of Correction for a period of not less
	than three months nor more than two years ; pro-
	vided the court or justice of the peace trying the
	same shall be convinced that the provisions of this
	section have been intentionally violated.
	SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That any resident of
	this State desiring to use any canoe or other boat in	Must obtain
	catching or taking oysters with rakes or tongs, for	license.
	sale, in any of the waters of this State, shall first
	obtain by application to the clerk of the Circuit
	Court of the county wherein he may reside, a license
	therefor, and such license shall have effect from the
	first day of June, in the year in which they may
	have been obtained, to the first day of June next
	succeeding; provided that such license shall not
	authorize the use of said canoe or boat in taking or
	catching oysters in any creek, cove, river, inlet, bay
	or sound within the limits of any county other than
	that wherein the license shall have been granted,	Boundaries
	and that the boundaries of counties bordering on	to be strictly
	navigable waters shall be strictly construed so as not	construed