EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1119

93-B, 93-C, 93-D and 94 of said Article 39, and to be grouped
together with Sections 91, 92 and 93 under a new sub-title
"Crabs, " said additional sections to be and read as follows:

Section 93-A. Any resident of Maryland desiring to take
or catch crabs from the waters thereof, for market, by any
of the means hereinafter mentioned, shall first obtain a num-
bered license from the Clerk of the Circuit Court for the
County in which he resides, or from the Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas if he resides in Baltimore City, such license
to be good for the year of issuance only, and shall pay the
following fees: (1) For each person working on any boat used
in taking or catching soft-shell or shedder crabs with scrapes
or with net other than dip net with handle, a license fee of
$1. 00; (2) For each person taking or catching soft-shell or
shedder crabs by dip net with handle a license fee of $1. 00;
(3) For each person taking or catching hard crabs by trot
line or by any other means, using either sail, motor boat or
row boat, a license fee of $1. 00: Provided, that such license
shall not authorize the taking or catching of crabs in any creek,
cove, river, inlet, bay or sound within the limits 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 residents of
either county to take or catch crabs beyond the middle of the
dividing channel; provided, that nothing in this section shall
be so construed as to prevent the citizens of counties divided
by a river from using such dividing river (Patuxent River
and its tributaries) in common. All persons taking or catch-
ing crabs under the provisions of this article shall exhibit
their license for so doing when required by any officer of the
oyster police force, or other officers of the State. Boys ten
years of age and under shall not be required to obtain a license.
Non-residents of Maryland shall not be permitted to catch crabs
from the waters thereof, for market. Residents of Baltimore
City may be licensed to catch crabs in Anne Arundel or Balti-
more Counties.

Section 93-B. Any person desiring to engage in the business
of picking, canning or packing crabs in any way, or buying or
marketing crabs, shall first obtain a license from the Clerk of
the Circuit Court for the County in which he resides or does
business, or from the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas if
he resides or does business in Baltimore City, such license to
be good for the year of issue only, and shall pay the following