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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Penalty.

subject to a fine of fifty dollars, upon conviction before any
justice of the peace, one-half of said tine to be paid to the
informer and the other half to the Comptroller, to be placed
to the credit of the oyster fund.

Exempted
waters.

65. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to
use any vessel licensed to take or catch oysters in the. waters of
this State, in taking or catching oysters with scoop, scrape,
dredge, tongs or rake, or any similar instrument, east of a
straight line from Ricliland point to Pone point, on the lower
end of Blood worth island, in the State of Maryland; provided,
that this act shall not apply to bona fide resident citizens of
Dorchester county licensed to take or catch oysters in the
waters of said county.

Packer's
license.

66. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business
of packing or canning oysters for sale or transportation, shall,
on or before the first day of September in each year, take out
a license to engage in such business, by application, under oath,
to the clerk of the Circuit Court of the county in which the
place of business of such applicant may be situated, or to the
clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, it the. place of business
of such applicant shall be in Baltimore city; and such appli-
cant shall state the number of bushels of oysters which is
proposed to be packed by himself, or his firm or corporation,

Cost of

license.

during the succeeding eight months; and at the time of issuing
such license shall pay the sum of twenty-five dollars for such
license, and in addition thereto, the sum of one dollar per
thousand bushels, for every thousand bushels over ten thousand
bushels, so as aforesaid estimated in his application, as the
total number of bushels to be packed during said season, and
all said moneys received for said license shall be paid over and
accounted for by the said several clerks of courts to the Comp-
troller of the State, to be placed to the credit of the oyster
fund, as provided by section 29 of this article. It shall
further be the duty of each person, firm or corporation obtain-
ing a license under this section, to make a sworn report,
and return under oath within thirty days after the twenty-fifth
day of April in each year, to the clerk of the court from
which he may have obtained such license, of the total amount
or number of bushels of oysters packed or canned by him
during the season preceding said twenty-fifth day of April,
and to pay to said clerk the further license money of one dol-
lar per thousand bushels, for each thousand bushels of oysters
packed or canned by himself, or his firm or corporation during