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nor more than one hundred dollars, or sentenced to the House of
Correction for a term of not less than three months nor more
than one year, or both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of
the Court, and the boat or vessel used in such violation, together
with the papers, furniture and tackle on board of said boat or
vessel at the time of said violation, shall be forfeited, but shall
be released upon the payment of fine.

33. All moneys received or obtained from dredging license
issued under the provisions of the preceding sections of
this article, and one half of the moneys received from the
county scraping licenses, and all fines, penalties or forfeitures
imposed in pursuance thereof shall upon the warrant of the
comptroller, be paid into the treasury and placed to the credit
of a fund which shall be called the oyster fund, and the same
shall be kept separate and distinct from other funds, in the
treasury and shall be drawn upon for the purpose of maintain-
ing sufficient and proper police regulations for the protection
of fish and oysters in Maryland waters and in the payment of
the officers and men and keeping in repair and supplying the
necessary means of sailing the boats and vessels of the state
fishery force; and the comptroller is hereby required to state in
his annual report particularly the receipts and expenditures on
account of said funds and the balance standing to the credit
of the State at the time of making such report.

34. The comptroller shall have painted in black figures on
white canvas one number corresponding to the license to catch
oysters with scoop, scrape, dredge or other similar instruments;
each figure shall be twenty-two inches in length and of propor-
tionate width, and the figures at least six inches apart; and he
shall give to each person taking out such license one number
thereof, which shall be securely sewed upon the starboard side
and in the middle of that part of the mainsail which is above
the close reef; this number shall be placed in an upright position
and worn at all times during the dredging season, and returned
at the end of the season, and shall not be concealed or defaced,
and no other number shall be exposed to view or used than that
which is furnished by the comptroller. Any person who shall
violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, as provided in section 19 of this article; and in
any such case the boat or vessel shall be forfeited and con-
demned, in the discretion of the judge, in the manner as pro-
vided in section 31. The provisions of this section shall apply
to all boats licensed to take oysters with scrape or scoop by any
county in this State, except that the numbers for such boats
shall be painted red instead of black; and the numbers shall be