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trict, such said certificate shall appear on the blank line next
following the last name in each letter of the alphabetical list of
names in the new books so transcribed, and such said certifica-
tion shall be attested by the clerk of the respective Boards of
Supervisors. The law with respect to notice of the location
of polling places shall apply to those established under the
provisions of this section. It shall be the duty of the Boards
of Supervisors to locate the polling places in any one precinct
as close together as possible, so as to minimize any inconveni-
ence to voters.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the first day of June, 1922.

Approved April 13th, 1922.

CHAPTER 319.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments, Section
68D of Article 72 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
Title, "Oysters", said section relating to the taking of
oysters with ordinary or patent tongs from certain places
in the Potomac River.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 68D of Article 72 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland, be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted
with amendments so as to read as follows:

SEC. 68D. It shall be lawful between the first day of October
and the twenty-fifth day of April of each year, and at no
other time, to take oysters with ordinary or patent tongs, and
in no other manner from the natural rocks, beds and shoals in
the Potomac river above a straight line drawn from North
point at the mouth of Upper Machodoc creek in the county
of King George, Virginia, to Lower Cedar Point in Charles
county, Maryland. Any citizen of Maryland or of Virginia who
has complied with all the requirements of the oyster laws of
his State entitling him to the privilege for a certain period of
taking and catching oysters with ordinary or patent tongs in
such State, shall have the right without further license tax to
take oysters with such tongs above the said line during the open
season provided for in the waters above said line.