FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR,

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article, and one-third of the moneys received from the county
scraping licenses, and all fines, penalties or forfeitures imposed
in pursuance thereof, shall, upon the warrant of the Comp-
troller, be paid into the treasury, and placed to the credit of
a fund which shall be called "The Oyster Fund," and the same
shall be kept separate and distinct from other funds in the
treasury, and shall only be drawn upon for the purpose of
maintaining sufficient and proper police regulations for the
protection of fish and oysters in Maryland waters, and in the
payment of the officers and men, and keeping in repair and
supplying the necessary means of sailing the boats and vessels
of the State Fishery Force; and the Comptroller is hereby
required to state in his annual report particularly the receipts
and expenditures on account of said funds, and the balance
standing to the credit of the State at the time of making such
report.

Oyster fund.

30. The Comptroller shall have painted in black figures on
white canvass, two sets of numbers corresponding to the
license to catch oysters with scoop, scrape, dredge, or any other
similar instruments; each figure shall be twenty-two inches in
length, and of proportionate width, and the figures at least six
inches apart; and he shall give to each person taking out such
license, two numbers thereof, one of which shall be securely
sewed upon the starboard side, and in the middle of that part
of the mainsail which is above the close reef, and the other
number on the port side in the middle part of the jib, which
is above the bonnet and reef; these numbers shall be placed in
an upright position, and worn at all times during the dredging
season, and returned at the end of the season, and shall not be
concealed or defaced, and no other number shall be exposed to
view, or used, than that which is furnished by the Comptroller.
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, as provided in sec-
tion fifteen of this article; and in any such case the boat or
vessel shall be forfeited and condemned, in the discretion of
the judge, in the manner as provided in section twenty-seven.
The provisions of this section shall apply to all boats licensed
to take oysters with scrape or scoop by any county in this
State, except that the numbers for such boats shall be painted
red instead of black; and the numbers shall be delivered by
the Comptroller to the clerks of the courts as they may be
ordered; and at the end of the season all licenses not used shall
be returned by said clerks to the Comptroller; and the said
clerks shall also pay to the Comptroller one-half of all moneys

Numbers.