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aforesaid, between the first day of May and the fif-
teenth day of September.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That every license to
catch oysters with scoop or light dredge, shall state the name and residence of the person to whom the	State name and residence
same is to be granted, the number beginning with two
hundred, together with the full or true tonage of
said boat or vessel, according to the rule of Custom
House measurement, and every owner of a boat or
vessel shall pay two dollars per ton for every ton said
boat or vessel shall measure according to Custom
House rule of measurement
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the Board of
School Commissioners of Dorchester county shall
appoint a competent person to measure all boats and vessels under ten tons, licensed under this act,	Rales of mea- surement.
according to the rules of measurement now in use
by the Custom House of the United States.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the measurer ap-
pointed under this act shall enter into bonds to
Dorchester county in the sum of five hundred dol-	Compensat'n
lars for the faithful performance of his duty, and
shall be allowed as a fee for the measurement of
each boat, the sum of fifty cents per ton for every
ton said boat or vessel may measure.
SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That any applicant for
a license under the provisions of this act shall be
required to make oath or affirmation before the Clerk	Make oath or
of the Circuit Court of said county, or before any	affirmation.
justice of the peace of said county, upon whose cer-
tificate of the taking of such oath or affirmation the
said clerk may issue said license as hereinbefore pro-
vided ; the applicants shall set forth in said oaths or
affirmations, before obtaining said license, that he
has been a bona fide resident of said county for the
twelve monthsnext proceeding his application for said license, and that he intends to use said boat or vessel
only in said county, and that he will comply with and obey all laws of this State regulating the	To comply with laws.
catching of oysters ; and any person to whom said license shall have been granted, shall paint the num-
ber of his boat on each beam, near the gun-wales,
or a white field with black letters, seven inches in