HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE. GOVERNOR
CHAPTER 296.

AN ACT to repeal chapter five hundred and
eighteen of the acts passed by the General As-
sembly of Maryland at the January session,
eighteen hundred and eighty- four, being an
act to repeal article seventy-one of the Code
of Public General Laws, entitled "Oysters,''
and to re-enact same with amendments, and
provide further police regulations for the
protection of the oysters in the waters of
this State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That chapter five hundred
and eighteen of the acts of the General Assem-

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bly, passed at the January session, eighteen
hundred and eighty-four, be and the same is
hereby repealed and the following enacted in
lieu thereof, to be article seventy-one of the
Code of Public General Laws, title "Oysters."

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That no steamer
shall be used or employed in catching or tak-
ing oysters in the waters of this State with

Repeal.

scoop, dredge or similar instrument, and no
other boat shall be used in catching oysters
With scoop, dredge or similar instrument, with-
out first having been licensed as hereinafter
provided.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the Comp-
troller of the Treasury shall, upon application
of any person, who has been a resident of this
State for twelve consecutive months next pre-
ceding such application, and to no other per-
son, issue a license to such resident to employ

Must have li-
cense.

such boat in taking or catching oysters with
scoop, dredge or similar instrument, within the
waters of Chesapeake bay, Potomac river and
in Eastern bay, outside of a line drawn from
the southwest corner of Second Kent Point to
Wade's Point; provided, that nothing herein
contained shall authorize the taking or catch-

To issue li-
cense,to whom.