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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

mer thereof shall be entitled to receive his per

diem in cash, and the said county commissioners

are directed, upon presentation thereof, to pay the

same.

Inconsistent

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That all local laws

laws repealed.

inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That this act shall

Effective.

take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 3, 1882.

Chapter 391.

AN ACT to regulate the taking and catching of

Oysters in the Potomac river within the boundary

lines of the State of Maryland.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-

bly of Maryland, That it shall be unlawful for any

person whatever to take or catch oysters in the

waters of the Potomac river within the boundaries

of the State of Maryland, as fixed by the award of

How unlawful

the arbitrators, Jeremiah S. Black and Charles J.

Jenkins, appointed by the State of Maryland and

the State of Virginia to ascertain and fix the boun-

dary lines between said States, in any boat or vessel,

with scoop, drag, dredge or other similar instrument,

until utter such person shall have first obtained from

the Comptroller of the Treasury a license as provi-

ded by article seventy-one of the Code of Public

General Laws of this State, to take or catch oysters

in the waters of the Chesapeake bay in the boat or

vessel so licensed; and all licenses hereafter issued

by the comptroller to take or catch oysters with

scoop, drag, dredge or other similar instrument, in

the waters of the Chesapeake bay, in any boat or

vessel named in such license, shall be so written or

License —
how prepared.

printed as to include the waters of the Potomac

river within the boundary lines of the State of Mary-

land and below Blackstone island, in said river, and

shall authorize the taking or catching of oysters by

such person in such boat or vessel, in such waters of

the Potomac river below said Blackstone island, at