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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

received from colored tongers shall go to the colored

schools.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That every applicant

for license to use any canoe or other boat in taking or

catching oysters with rakes or tongs shall be required

to make oath or affirmation before the clerk author-

ized to issue the same, or some justice of the peace,

on whose certificate of the taking of such oath or affir-

mation the clerk shall issue said license; that the facts

Applicant to
make oath.

set forth in said license are strictly true; that he has been
a bona fide resident of the county for the twelve months

next preceding his application for said license; that he

desires and intends to use said canoe or boat only in

the county in which he resides, or the waters used in

common as herein provided in this act; that no non-

resident of Maryland is interested in the said canoe

or other-boat or in the use thereof; and that he will

not allow the same to be used for taking oysters by

non-residents of the county, or on account of non-

residents of the State of Maryland; that he will

comply with and obey all the laws of this state

regulating the taking or catching of oysters; and

Have number

every person to whom such license shall have been

painted.

granted shall paint the number of his canoe or boat

on the outside thereof, near the gunwale, in black

figures, and not less than three inches in length and

of proportionate width, in a white ground, and no

number other than that in the said license shall be ex-

posed to view on said canoe or boat; and any person

failing to comply with this provision before using said

Penalty.

boat or canoe for the purpose aforesaid shall, on con-

viction thereof before a justice of the peace, be fined

not less than five dollars nor more than ten dollars ;

and any person who may refuse to pay said fine shall

be committed to the county jail for the period of thirty

days, or until said fine and costs be paid.

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That the comptroller

of the treasury shall cause to be printed and delivered

to the clerks of the circuit courts for the several coun-

ties, the requisite number of such blank licenses and

take receipts for the same, as for other licenses fur-

Clerk to return

nished, and the said clerks shall, on the first Monday

list of licenses.

of March and December in each year, return to the

comptroller a list and account of such licenses issued

by them, and at the end of each tonging season shall

return all unused licenses to him, and no licenses to