LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

162. It shall not be lawful for any dnnnaged boat, canoe or ves-
sel to be employed to catch oysters with scoop, scrape or dredges
in the waters of Talbot county; and all timbers more than an

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average of five inches in depth used in the construction of said
boat, to which her bottom is fastened, or any and all other
materials used to make the average space between the ceiling
and bottom planks over tive and one half inches, and all ceil-
ing over two inches thick and any or all material used between
ceiling and deck to decrease custom house tonnage, shall be
considered dunnage; and the Commissioners for Talbot county
shall, in August of each year, appoint some competent citizens
of said county to examine all boats over seven gross tons,
(custom house measurement), prior to the granting by said
clerk of the circuit court for said county, to such boats of a
license to catch oysters with scoop, scape or dredge, and said
examiner, as soon as notified and paid two dollars and travel-
ling expenses, if any, by the managing owner of said boats,
shall proceed to examine the same, and shall report without
unnecessary delay, in writing, under oath, to said clerk, and
his report shall be filed in the clerk's office; if the report
states the boat contains dunnage, or contained dunnage when
measured by the custom house measurer, and if the carrying
capacity under decks is over four hundred bushels of oysters,
it shall be prima facie evidence that the boat was dunnaged
when measured by the custom house measurer, the said clerk
shall not issue a license for said boat, to take or catch oysters
with scoop, scrape and dredge, but the. owner may remove all
of the said dunnage and again have said boat remeasured by
the custom house measurer, and again examined by the exam
iner, and if not over ten and one-half gross tons, and if all
other requirements and conditions prescribed in sections 155
and 156 shall be complied with, the clerk shall issue a license
for said boat.

Approved April 4, 1896.

Unlawful to
use dun-
naged
boats.