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shall not in any case be construed as a waiver of such lien;
but the vendee, his heirs, personal representatives or assigns,
shall be credited with the proceeds from the sale of any such
collateral or other securities.

37. The Clerks of the Courts of this State, whose duty it is
to record conveyances, shall index all deeds retaining a lien
as provided in Sections 30 to 36, inclusive, of this Article, both
as deeds as heretofore practiced, and as vendors' liens, in the
same manner as mortgages are indexed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1910.

ARTICLE LXXII.

OYSTERS.

CHAPTER 413.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections 1, 2,
18, 19, 23, 31 and 69 of Article 72 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws of the State of Maryland, title "Oysters."
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 1, 2, 18, 19, 23, 31 and 69 of Article 72 of
the Code of Public General Laws of the State of Maryland,
title "Oysters," be and the same are hereby repealed and re-
enacted with amendments, so as to read as follows:

1. Any resident of this State desiring to catch oysters with
rakes or tongs for sale in any of the waters of this State shall
first obtain by application to the Clerk of the Circuit Court
for the county wherein he may reside a separate license for
every person to be employed on such boat, and such license
shall have effect from the first day of September, in the year
which it may have been obtained, to the twenty-fifth day of
April, inclusive, next succeeding; provided, that such license
shall not authorize the taking or catching of oysters in any
creek, cove, river, inlet, bay or sound within the limit of any
county other than that wherein the license shall have been
granted; and that the boundaries of the counties or navigable
waters shall be strictly construed so as not to permit the resi-
dents of either county to take or catch oysters beyond the mid-
dle of the dividing channel; provided, that nothing in this sec-
tion shall be so construed as to prevent the citizen of Queen
Anne's and Kent counties from using the waters of Chester
river in common, or the citizens of Dorchester and Wicomico
counties from using the waters of Nanticoke river in common,