WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 315
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quired to make oath or affirmation before the clerk
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authorized to issue the same, or some justice of the
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peace, on whose certificate of the taking of such
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oath or affirmation the clerk shall issue said license,
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that the facts set forth in said license are strictly
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true ; that he has been a bona fide resident of the
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county for the twelve months next preceding his
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application for said license ; that he desires and in-
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tends to use said canoe or boat only in the county
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in which he resides, or in the waters used in com-
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mon as herein provided in this act ; that he will not
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allow the same to be used for taking oysters by non-
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residents of the county ; that he will comply with
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and obey all the laws of this State regulating the
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taking or catching of oysters ; and every person to
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whom such license shall have been granted shall
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paint the number of his canoe or boat on the out-
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Paint num-
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side thereof, near the gunwale, in black figures, and
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ber of boat.
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not less than three inches in length, and of propor-
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tionate width, in a white ground, and no number,
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other than that in the said license, shall be exposed
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to view on said canoe or boat, and any person fail-
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ing to comply with this provision before using said
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boat or canoe for the purpose aforesaid, shall, on
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conviction thereof before a justice of the peace, be
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fined not less than five dollars nor more than ten
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dollars ; and any person who may refuse to pay said
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fine shall be committed to the county jail for the pe-
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riod of thirty days, or until said fine be paid.
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SEC. 20. And be it enacted. That the Comptroller
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of the Treasury shall cause to be printed and de-
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livered to the clerks of the Circuit Courts of the
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several counties the requisite number of such blank
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licenses, and take receipts for the same, as for other
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licenses furnished, and the said clerks shall, on the
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Blank licen-
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first Monday of March and December in each year,
return to the Comptroller a list and account of such
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ses to be fur-
nished clerks
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licenses issued by them ; and no licenses to take or
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catch oysters with rakes or tongs shall be issued to
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any boat or vessel which is licensed to take or catch
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oysters with scoop, drag, dredge or any similar in-
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strument.
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SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That if any person
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shall use any canoe or boat not licensed as required
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