ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 181

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That sections 2, 5, as same was re-enacted by Chapter 564
of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland for the year
1924, 6, 7, 27, 33, 34 and 81 of Article 72 of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, title "Oysters, " be and are hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amendments, to read as follows:

2. Bach and every license issued in conformity to the provi-
sion 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
clerks of the circuit court when such license may be granted,
and before the issuing and delivery of the same, five
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. One-half
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
to go to the white schools, and the portion received from the
colored tongers to go to the colored schools, and the remaining
one-half to be paid over by the clerk to the Comptroller of
the State Treasury, to be credited to the oyster fund; and one-
half 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 provisions of
any public local law or public general law to the contrary not-
withstanding.

5. If any person shall take oysters with rakes or tongs, for
sale, without first having obtained a license as required by the
preceding sections of this Article, he shall upon conviction
thereof before a Justice of the Peace for the county wherein
the offense has been committed be fined not less than twenty
nor more than one hundred dollars and stand committed to the
county jail till all costs and fines are paid. It shall be unlawful
for any person taking oysters with rakes or tongs, for sale or
otherwise, to use or have in his possession on any motor boat, any
scrape, dredge or other device, and the possession of any such
scrape, dredge or other device on any motor boat which may be
used in the taking and catching of oysters, shall, and is hereby
declared to be a misdemeanor, and the party upon conviction
thereof before a Justice of the Peace for the county wherein
the offense or violation occurred, or has been committed, shall