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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

posed to view or used than that which is fur-
nished by the Comptroller; any person or
persons who shall violate the provisions of
this section, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction in any Court
in this State, or before a Justice of the Peace
shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor

Misdemeanor.

more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned
in the House of Correction for a period of not
less than three months nor more than two-
years; provided, the Court or Justice of the
Peace trying the same, shall be convinced that
the provisions of this section have been in-
tentionally violated, and in any such case, the
boat or vessel shall be forfeited, and may be
condemned, in the discretion of the Judge or
Justice of the Peace, in the manner provided
in section eleven of. this act.

SEC. 17. And be it enacted, That any resident
of this State desiring to use any canoe or other
boat in- catching or taking oysters with rakes
or tongs for sale, in any of the waters of this
State, shall first obtain by application to the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for the county
wherein he may reside, a license therefor, and
such license shall have effect from the first
day of September in the year in which they
may have been obtained, to the twenty-fifth
day of April, inclusive, next succeeding; pro-
vided, that such license shall not authorize
the use of said canoe or boat in taking or
catching oysters in any creek, cove, river,
inlet, bay or sound within the limits of any

License for
rakes or tongs.

county other than that wherein the license
shall have been granted, and that the boun-
daries of counties bordering on navigable
waters shall be strictly construed so as not to
permit the residents of either county to take
or catch oysters beyond the middle of the di-
viding channel; provided, that nothing in this
section shall be so construed as to prevent the
citizens of Queen Anne's and Kent counties
from using the waters of Chester river in com-
mon, or the citizens of Dorchester and Wi-
comico counties from using the waters of the