ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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whole by residents of said county from the date of the construc-

tion and completion of said boat, canoe or vessel; that he will not

allow the said boat, canoe or vessel to be used in taking and catch

ing crabs with scrapes, drags, dredges or similar instruments, in

the waters of said county by any person who has not been a bona

fide resident of said county for the term of twelve months next

preceding his using said boat, canoe or vessel for the purpose

aforesaid, nor knowingly permit any person who has not been a

bona fide resident of said county for the time aforesaid, to be em-

ployed upon said boat, canoe or vessel in any capacity in taking

and catching crabs as aforesaid in said waters.

SUB-SEC. 4. Any owner or other person using any boat, canoe

or vessel in taking and catching crabs with scrape, drag, dredge

or similar instrument in the waters of said county, under a license

granted by this act, shall, before using said boat, canoe or vessel

as aforesaid, paint in black figures, upon white canvass, two sets

of numbers corresponding to the number of the license issued for

the use of said boat, canoe or vessel as aforesaid, each figure to be

of the length of eight inches and of proportionate width, and the

figures at least three inches apart : one of said pieces of canvass,

with the number painted thereupon, the owner or person using

Numbers.

said boat, canoe or vessel as aforesaid, shall have firmly sewed

upon the starboard side, and near the middle of the largest sail

of said boat, canoe or vessel licensed as aforesaid, and the other

piece of canvass, with the number painted thereupon, upon the

port side, and near the middle of the said largest sail of said boat,

canoe or vessel; these numbers shall be placed in an upright and

conspicuous position upon said sail, and worn at all times during

the crabbing season hereinbefore mentioned, and said numbers

shall not be concealed or defaced, and no other number shall be

used or exposed to view except the true number on said license.

SUB-SEC. 5. The school commissioners of said county shall, be-

fore the fifteenth day of April of each year, furnish to the clerk

of the circuit court for Dorchester county the requisite number

of printed blank licenses, in such form as required by this act,

and take from said clerk a receipt therefor; the said clerk shall

be allowed as a fee for each license issued by him under this act,

the sum of fifty cents, and the residue of said license money shall

Blanks.

be paid by him at the end of each crabbing season to the said

school commissioners for the public schools of said county,

and at the same time the said clerk shall return to the said school

commissioners all of said blank licenses not issued by him, together

with a list of the licenses issued, containing the names of the

owners, the number of the licenses and the names of the boats.

SUB-SEC. 6. It shall he the duty of the State fishery force to

aid in the enforcement of the provisions of this act; the sheriff

and constables of said county, and the officers of the said fishery