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Clerk to issue
license.
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immediately preceding his application, and a
bona fide owner of the vessel, or upon the certifi-
cate of any justice of the peace of said county
certifying to the same, shall issue a license to
such citizen authorizing him to catch or take
oysters with scoop, drag or dredge within said
county, not parcel of any creek, cove, river or
inlet, which license shall hold good for one sea-
son only, and shall only authorize the catching
of oysters between the first day of October in
any year and the first day of April next suc-
ceeding, on which last mentioned day the dredg-
ing season shall close and end in said county
and said license shall expire, which said license
shall specify the kind of vessel to be used, the
number and name, if any, of the canoe or other
vessel on which the said license is to be used, and
he shall pay for said scraping or dredging license
at the rate of one dollar per ton for the vessel to
be so employed; and the tonnage of vessels
under five tons shall be ascertained in such man-
ner as may be prescribed by said clerk of the
circuit court for said county, but no vessel above
ten tons burthen shall be licensed or employed
in taking oysters with scoop, drag or dredge
within the waters of Somerset county, unless at
the time of applying to the clerk for licenses as
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Must have
state license.
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aforesaid, the owner thereof shall produce
to the clerk a state license in force authoriz-
ing said owner to employ the said vessel
in taking oysters in the waters of this state,
in which case it shall be the duty of the clerk to
issue said license to the said owner, authorizing
him or the said master thereof, to employ the
said vessel in the waters of Somerset county
for the current oyster catching season, subject
to the provisions aforesaid, upon his complying
with all the provisions of this sub-title; and no
canoe or other vessel shall be employed in taking
oysters with scoop, drag or dredge, within the
waters of Somerset county, unless the owner
thereof shall have first obtained a license as
above provided ; and the said license shall not
allow or authorize the taking or catching of
oysters in any vessel over ten tons burthen, at
any time when by the general oyster laws of
this state it may be unlawful to take or catch
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