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	or similar implement, in the waters of said river,
	without first having been licensed as hereinafter pro-
	vided.
	SEC 2. And be it enacted, That the Comptroller
	of the Treasury shall, upon the application of any person who has been a resident-citizen of this State	Issue license
	for twelve months next preceding such application,
	and who is the bona fide owner of the boat or vessel
	sought to be licensed, and to no other person, issue
	a license to use such boat or vessel in catching oys-
	ters with scoop, dredge, drag or similar implement
	within such of the waters of the Potomac River as
	are not prohibited by the provisions of this act,
	which license shall hold good for one year, but
	shall only authorize the catching of oysters between
	the fifteenth day of October and the first day of
	April ; but it shall be lawful for the licensed owner
	of any such boat, whenever such owner shall sell
	and convey by bill of sale for a bona fide consider-
	ation said boat to any person who has been a resi-
	dent of this State for the twelve consecutive months
	next preceding such sale, to transfer the said license	May transfer
	to said vendee with said boat, which license, when so	license
	transferred, shall entitle said vendee with said boat
	to the same privileges for catching oysters in the
	waters of the Potomac River that the vendor had
	before such sale, provided that said vendee shall ap-
	pear before the Comptroller of the Treasury and
	make oath before him to all the facts, matters, things
	and prerequisites required of said original vendor be-
	fore taking out such license, upon which said license
	said Comptroller shall certify the fact of said ven-	Certify to fact
	dee having taken said oath, and for which the said	of oath.
	vendee shall pay the sum of five dollars, to be paid
	to the State of Maryland.
	SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the owner of
	such boat shall make oath before the Comptroller
	or his clerk that he is the bona fide owner of such boat	Not to vio-
	to be described in the license : that he has been a	late the pro-
	resident-citizen of the State for the time beforemen-	visionsof this act
	tioned ; that there is no lien on said boat held by a
	non-resident, and that said boat shall not be used
	in violating the provisions of this act ; such appli-
	cant shall exhibit to the Comptroller at the time of