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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

season only, and shall only authorize the catching of

oysters between the first day of November and the

Time to catch.

first day of April, on which day the dredging season

oysters.

shall end and the license expire; but it shall be law-

ful for the owner of any such boat licensed, whenever

said owner shall sell and convey, by bill of sale, for a

bona fide consideration, said boat unto any person

who has been a resident of the state of Maryland for

at least one year, to transfer the said license to said

vendee with said boat, which license, when trans-

ferred, shall entitle said vendee, with said boat, to the

same privileges for catching, carrying, buying or sell-

ing oysters in the waters of this state that the origi-

nal vendor or assignor had before said assignment;

Proviso.

provided the said vendee and assignee shall appear

before the comptroller of the treasury and make oath

before him to all the facts, matters, things, and pre-

requisites required of said original vendor or assignor
before taking out such licenses, upon which said license

the said comptroller shall certify the fact of said ven-

dee or assignee having taken said oath, and for which

said assignee or vendee shall pay the sum of five dol-

lars, to be paid to the State of Maryland; provided

Steamboats

that steamboats shall not be prohibited from carrying

not prohibited.

oysters over their regular routes in barrels, upon pay-

ing a tax of three cents per barrel, to be collected

under such regulations as shall be established by the

commander of the force.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall not be law-

ful for the owner or master, or any person on board of

any vessel in this state to affix any crank, spool, winder

or any other machinery or equipment for operating

Not lawful,

or handling scoops, scrapes or dredges, or to have on

board any vessel, scoop, scrape or dredges with intent

to affix the same to said vessel for use in taking or

catching oysters, without first having obtained a license

to take or catch oysters with scoop or dredges as

aforesaid.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the owner of such

boat shall make oath before the comptroller or his

Owner make

clerk, or if the owner be a resident of Baltimore, city

oath.

may make oath before the clerk of the court of

common pleas, or if a resident of a county may

make oath before the clerk of the circuit court for said

county, that he is the bona fide owner of such boat,

to be described in the license; that he has been a resi-