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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

to permit the residents of either county to take or

catch oysters beyond the middle of the dividing

channel ; provided that nothing in this section shall

be so construed as to prevent the citizens of St.

Mary's and Calvert counties from using the waters

of the Patuxent river in. common, or the citizens of

Queen Anne's and Kent counties from using the

waters of Chester river in common, or the citizens

of Dorchester and Wicomico counties from using the

waters of the Nanticoke river in common, or the

citizens of Queen Anne's and Talbot counties from

using the waters of Wye river and the mouth there-

of in common, or the citizens of Dorchester and

Talbot counties from using the waters of the Chop-

tank river in common.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That each and every

State name
and residence

license to take or catch oysters for sale with rakes

or tongs shall state the name and residence of the

person to whom the same is to be granted, the num-

ber, together with the length, to be obtained by top
or over all measurement of the canoe or boat licensed,

the county in which the same is to be used, and the

period at which said license will expire ; and every

applicant for such license shall pay to the clerk of

the court where such license may be granted, and

before the issuing and delivery of the same, accord-

Rates to be

ing to the following rates, viz. : for any boat meas-

charged

uring in length twenty feet or less, the sum of two

dollars ; measuring from twenty to twenty-five feet,

the sum of three dollars ; measuring from twenty-

five to thirty feet, the sum of four dollars ; and all

over thirty feet, including sloops under custom house

tonnage, the sum of five dollars each ; and all oysters

taken with rakes or tongs shall be culled upon the

natural beds where they are taken ; the amount re-

ceived from tonging license to be paid by the clerk

to the school commissioners for the public schools in

the respective counties where such license is issued ;

provided the sum received from white tongers shall

go to white schools, and the sum from colored

tongers shall go to the colored schools.

Make oath or

SEC. 19. And be it enacted. That every applicant

affirmation.

for license to use any canoe or other boat in taking

or catching oysters with rakes or tongs shall be re-