206 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

or the citizens of Queen Anne's and Talbot counties from using
the waters of the Wye river and the mouth thereof in com-
mon, or the citizens of Dorchester and Talbot counties from
using the waters of the Choptank river in common; provided,
however, that the County Commissioners shall be authorized
to give special permission to any woman who has no visible
means of support to take and catch oysters without license.

2. Each and every license issued in conformity to the provi-
sions of Section 1 of this Article shall state the name, color,
age and residence of the person to whom the license is to be
granted; the number thereof and the county in which the same
is to be used, and every applicant for such license shall pay to
the Clerk of the Circuit Court when such license may be grant-
ed, and before the issuing and delivery of the same, three and
one-half dollars, the Clerk to receive twenty-five cents for each
and every such license as a fee for issuing the same, including
administering the oath when required. Two-thirds of the
amount received for such license shall be paid by the Clerk
to the School Commissioners for the use of the public schools
in the respective counties where such licenses are issued, and
of this, amount the portion received from white tongers to go
to the white schools, and the portion received from the colored
tongers to go to the colored schools, and the remaining one-
third to be paid over by the Clerk to the Comptroller of the
State Treasury, to be credited to the oyster fund. And one-
third of the amount received from any tonging license in any
county in this State shall be paid by the Clerk of the Circuit
Court of the county when received to the Comptroller of the
Treasury, to be credited to the oyster fund, any provision of
any public local law or public general law to the contrary not-
withstanding.

18. The fines accruing under any of the provisions of this
Article shall be paid by the Sheriff, constable or officers of the
State Fishery Force collecting the same within ten days to
the Comptroller of the State Treasury, or to the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for the particular county where such fine may
accrue, or to the Clerk of the Criminal Court of Baltimore, if
such fine shall accrue in said city, and it shall be the duty of
the State's Attorney for the several counties and for the City
of Baltimore to keep an account of said fines imposed and to
make a monthly report thereof to the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for their respective counties, or to said Clerk of the
Criminal Court, as the case may be, and to see that said fines
are duly collected and paid over, as aforesaid, and the surplus,
after paying all costs for prosecution in such cases, shall be
paid to the State Comptroller for the use of the oyster fund,