JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 557

shall pay to said clerk before the issuing of said	When unlaw-
license, the sum of two dollars per ton, according to	ful.
the capacity of the vessel to be licensed, which said	.
license shall be good for twelve months from the
day of its issue ; and until such license is obtained,
it shall be unlawful to use or employ any vessel in
taking or catching oysters, as hereinbefore described ;
provided that the waters of Talbot county lying be-
tween Black Walnut point and a line drawn from
Tilghman's point to the southwest point of Parson's
island, except the waters between Poplar island and
the main land lying within a line drawn from a
point of land on the north side of Ferry cove, known
as Lowe's point, to the northern extremity of Poplar
island, on the north, to a line from the northwest
extremity of Tilghman's island to the southern ex-
tremity 'of south bar of Poplar island, on the south,
which are hereby reserved for the use of tong men,
shall be opened to the citizens of Talbot county
licensed under this act, between the fifteenth day of
September, in each year, and the first day of May
next following, but it shall be unlawful to take oys-
ters with scoop or dredge in any other waters of
Talbot county ; provided, also, that the waters of	What is re-
Choptank river lying north of a straight line running from Benoni's point to Clora's point, are hereby re-	served.
served for tong men, and it shall not be lawful to
catch oysters with scoop, scrape or similar instru-
ment to the northward of said line.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That the owner of such
oath shall make oath before the said clerk that he is
the bona fide owner of such boat, which boat shall
be described in the license, that he has been a resi-	Term of resi-
dent of the county in which his application is made	dence
for twelve months, that there is no lien on said boat
held by a non-resident, and that such boat is not
held with an intention to violate the provisions of
this law ; and shall also make oath as to the tonnage
of such boat ; and the master and crew of such boat
shall each make oath before said clerk that he has
been a resident of the said county for twelve months
next preceding the time of taking such oath.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all owners and
masters of boats licensed under this article are here-
by constituted officers of the county, and are hereby