HENRY LLOYD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

cense has been a resident and citizen of Saint
Mary's county for the twelve months next pre-
ceding said application; it shall give the length
of the boat or canoe to be used; he must be the
bona fide owner of the same; that he will not
violate any of the provisions of this act; that
he will arrest and seize or assist in arresting
and seizing all persons and boats, vessels and
equipments engaged in violating the provisions
of this act so far as it may be in his power so to
do; any person found guilty of violating any
of the provisions of this section shall be fined
in a sum not less than twenty dollars nor more
than fifty dollars.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted. That every appli-
cant for a tonger's license under the provi-
sions of this act shall pay to the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Saint Mary's county for the
same the following fees, to wit: For a boat or
canoe measuring in length twenty feet or less,
the sum of two dollars and fifty cents; lor a

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boat or canoe twenty feet long and not over
thirty feet, the sum of four dollars; and for
any boat or canoe over thirty feet in length,
the sum of five, dollars; the fees received by
the Clerk of said Court for licenses for tong-
ing shall be paid by them to the School Com-
missioners of said county, excepting the sum
of sixty cents, which they shall retain out of
the cost of each license as their fee for issuing
the same; provided, however, that the sum
received from the issuing of licenses to col-
ored tongers shall be applied for the benefit of
the colored schools of said county; no license
to tongers under this act shall be construed to

Fees.

permit the taking or catching of oysters on
Sunday or at night, or between the fifteenth
day of April and the fifteenth day of August
in each and every year, and all oysters taken
shall be culled upon the natural beds where
they are taken; any person or persons violat-
ing the provisions of this section, upon con-
viction thereof, shall be subject to the fines
and penalties prescribed in the preceding sec-
tion of this act.

Sunday and
Night.