WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 421

Waters than the waters of Maryland or Virginia, or for any
other purpose than for planting in the waters of Maryland or
Virginia.

(i) (Boats ineligible for Seed Oyster Permits.) No permit
shall be granted for any boat to be used in the purchase or
carrying of seed oysters from the Potomac River, or for having
in possession oysters measuring less than, three inches in
length, if such boat have on board any scoop, scrape, dredge,
or any part thereof. It shall be the duty of the officer issuing
such permits to inspect each boat or vessel and to deny such
permit to the owner or master of any vessel or boat which
has on board or in tow any scoop, dredge, scrape, winch, spool,
or winder, or any other equipment which might be used in
taking or catching oysters by scoop, scrape, or dredge.

(j) (Issuance of the Permit.) After receiving an applica-
tion, inspecting the boat, and hearing the oath as provided in
the three Sub-sections immediately preceding, if the boat and
the master and owner of said boat conform with the require-
ments hereinbefore set forth, the officer shall issue a permit
to the master or owner of the said boat, for buying and carry-
ing seed oysters from the Potomac River. A memorandum of
the permit shall then be sent to the Department of Tidewater
Fisheries, if the officer issuing the same be an officer of the
State of Maryland, or to the Commission of Fisheries, if the
officer issuing the same be an officer of the Commonwealth of
Virginia.

(k) (Fees for Issuance of the Seed Oyster Permit.) Every
officer of the State of Maryland or of the Commonwealth of
Virginia issuing a permit as provided in the preceding sub-
sections shall be entitled to a fee of twenty-five cents (25c)
for the issue of each permit.

(1) (Powers of Maryland and Virginia Officers.) It shall be
the duty of the officers of the Maryland Department of Tide-
water Fisheries and of the Virginia Commission of Fisheries,
or either of them, to apprehend and place under arrest any
person found violating any of the provisions of this section.
In the enforcement of the provisions of this section officers of
either State shall be privileged to examine into the right of
any person to take or catch fish, oysters, or crabs in the Po-
tomac River, and said officers of either State shall be privi-
ledged to pursue, to apprehend, and to arrest upon the navi-
gable waters beyond the boundary of either State any person
deemed guilty of violating any of the provisions of this section.

(m) (Jurisdiction of Maryland and Virginia Courts.) Any
person not a citizen of either Maryland or Virginia deemed