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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

dollars in favor of I. S. Wilson, of the Marlboro Gazette ;

for forty -eight dollars in favor of Fred. Scasser, of the

Prince George's Enquirer ; for forty -eight dollars in favor

of John G. Mills, of the Democrat and News, Cambridge ;

for forty -eight dollars in favor of W. L. Henry, of the

Cambridge Chronicle ; for forty -eight dollars in favor of

the Mail Publishing Company, Hagerstown ; for forty-

eight dollars in favor of Francis T. King, of the St. Mary's

Beacon ; for forty -eight dollars in favor of Briscoe Bunting,

of the Calvert Journal ; for forty -eight dollars in favor of

E. S. Riley, of the Annapolis Record; for forty -eight dollars

in favor of William H. Legg, of the Queen Anne's Advo-

cate ; for forty-eight dollars in favor of John W. Averett,

of the Cumberland Times ; for forty -eight dollars in favor

of C. S. Parran and Geo. W. Dowell, of the Calvert

Gazette ; for forty-eight dollais in favor of A. J. Almony,

of the Advocate ; for twenty-four dollars in favor of W. M.

Abbott and Son, of the Evening Capital, being balance due

them per contract ; for forty-eight dollars in favor of Howard

Melvin, of the Denton Journal ; and for forty-eight dollars

in favor of Brewington Brothers, of the Wicomico News ;

and for forty -eight dollars in favor of John Warfield, of the

Daily Record Company ; and for forty-eight dollars in favor

of E. H. Pritchett, of the Peninsula Ledger; and for forty.

eight dollars in favor of Enoch B. Abell, of the St. Mary's

Enterprise ; and for forty-eight dollars in favor of A. P.

McCombs, of the Havre de Grace Republican ; and for

forty -eight dollars in favor of P. S. Smith, of the Worcester

County Shield ; and for forty -eight dollars in favor of F.

Raiue, of the Correspondent ; for publishing the Governor's

proclamation after the election announcing the result of

the voting for and against the constitutional amendments.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect

Effective.

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7th, 1892.

CHAPTER 694.

AN ACT to regulate the taking of oysters in certain waters

of the State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That it shall not be lawful for any person or

Relating

persons to use any vessel licensed to take or catch oysters

to the
taking of

in the waters of this State, in taking or catching oysters

oysters.

with scoop, scrape, dredge, tongs, rakes, or any similar