FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

one season only, and shall only authorize the catching of
oysters between the fifteenth day of October and the fifteenth
day of March, on which day the dredging season shall end,

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and the license expire; but it shall be lawful for the owner of
any such licensed boat, whenever said owner shall sell and
convey by bill of sale, for a bona fide consideration, said boat
unto any person who has been a resident of the State of Mary-
land for at least one year, to transfer said license to said
vendee, with said boat, which license when transferred shall
entitle said vendee to the same privileges for catching or
taking oysters, with said boat in the waters of this State, that
the original vendor or assignor had had before said assignment ;
provided, said vendee and assignee shall appear before the
Comptroller of the Treasury and make oath before him to all
the facts, matters and things required of said original vendor
or assignor, before taking out such license, upon which said
license the said Comptroller shall certify in writing the fact of
said vendee or assignee having taken said oath, for which said
certificate the said vendee or assignee shall pay to the said
Comptroller the sum of five dollars for the use of the oyster
fund. The provisions of this section in relation to time of
taking oysters, the time of expiration of license, and the
transfer of ownership shall apply to all vessels licensed by any
county in this State, to take and catch oysters with scrape or
scoop, and any law, general or local, in conflict herewith, shall
be void and of no effect.

Assignment
of license.

20. It shall not be lawful for the owner or master or any
person on board of a vessel in this State to affix any crauk,
spool, winder or other machinery or equipment for operating
or handling scoops or dredges, or to have on board any vessel a
scoop, scrape or dredge, with intent to affix the same to said
vessel for the use in taking or catching oysters, without having
first obtained a license to take or catch oysters with a scoop or
dredge, as aforesaid; and the fact of having such scoop, dredge
or scrape on board of any vessel shall be prima facie evidence
of an intent to use the same contrary to this section.

Dredges on
unlicensed

vessels.

21. The owner of such boat shall make oath before the
Comptroller or his clerk, or, it' the owner be a resident of Bal-
timore city, he may make oath before the clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas, or if a resident of a county, he may make
oath before the clerk of the Circuit Court for said county, that
he is the bona fide owner of such boat, to be described in the
license; that he has been a resident of the State for the time

Oath of appli-
cant for
license.