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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

hereinbefore prescribed; that there is no lien on said boat held
by a non-resident, directly or indirectly, and that the said boat
is not held and shall not knowingly be used with an intention
to violate or evade the provisions of this article; and such
applicant shall produce before the Comptroller at the time of
making such application the certificate of the taking of such
oath and the custom house tonnage, which tonnage the owner
shall swear to; and shall further make oath that before the
measurement of said vessel by the custom house officers, the
said vessel was not damaged so as to evade the just and
proper measurement of tonnage of said vessel, with a view of
evading a proper and just sum for the licensing of the same.
The master of such boat shall also make oath before the
Comptroller or his clerk, or if a resident of Baltimore city,
before the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, or before the
clerk of the Circuit Court for the county wherein he may
reside, that he has been a resident of this State for twelve
months next preceding the time of taking such oath; any one
violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,

Penalty.

and upon conviction before a judge of the Criminal Court of
Baltimore city, or a judge of the Circuit Court of the county
or a justice of the peace having jurisdiction, as the case may
be, shall be fined a sum not less than fifty dollars nor more
than three hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the house of cor-
rection for a period of not less than three months nor more
than six months, or both, at the discretion of the judge or
justice of the peace.

Cost of
license

22. Before granting such license the Comptroller shall
receive three dollars per ton for every ton the boat may
measure; and in case any license is issued by authority of any
county, the clerk of the Circuit Court of the county shall
receive for each license, from the applicant, two dollars per
ton for every ton the boat may measure, except that when the
license is issued by authority of any county the license fee
shall be eight dollars for all boats of five tons measurement or
under; said measurement to be customhouse measurement;
but no allowance or deduction shall be made or allowed by
reason of dunnaging or false bottom; and it shall be the duty
of the commander of the State Fishery Force, or any officer
under his command, at any time he shall deem it proper, to
inspect and verify the measurement of any boat, and the
measurement ascertained by such officer shall be conclusive
and final; and any license granted shall be corrected or amended
in accordance with such measurement, and the appropriate