HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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Nanticoke river in common, or the citizens of
Queen Anne's and Talbot counties from using
the waters of Wye river and the mouth thereof
in common, or the citizens of Dorchester and
Talbot counties from using the waters of the
Choptank river in common.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That each and every
license to take or catch oysters for sale with
rakes or tongs, shall state the name and resi-
dence of the person to whom the same is to be
granted, the number, together with the length
to be obtained by top or over-all measurement,
of the canoe or boat licensed, the county in

In common.

which the same is to be used, and the period at
which said license will expire; and every ap-
plicant for such license shall pay to the Clerk
of the Court where such license may be granted,
and before the issuing and delivery of the same,
according to the following rates, viz.: For any
boat measuring in length twenty feet or less,
the sum of two dollars; measuring from twenty
to twenty-five feet, the sum of three dollars ;
measuring from twenty-five to thirty feet, the
sum of four dollars; and all over thirty feet,
including sloops under Custom House tonnage,
the sum of five dollars each; and all oysters
taken with rakes or tongs shall be culled upon

Name and
residence.

the natural beds where they are taken; the
amount received from tonging license to be
paid by the Clerk to the School Commissioners
for the Public Schools in the respective coun-
ties where such license is issued; provided, the
sum received from white tongers shall go to
white schools, and the sum received from col-
ored tongers shall go to the colored schools.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That every appli-
cant 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 affir-
mation before the Clerk authorized to issue
the same, or some Justice of the Peace, on
whose certificate of the taking of such oath or
affirmation, the Clerk shall issue said license ;

Size of coat
and coats of li-
cense.