220 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 100

23. The Comptroller of the Treasury shall upon appli-
cation of any person who has been a resident of this State
for twelve consecutive months next preceding his applica-
tion, issue a license to such resident, and to no other per-
son, to employ such boat in taking or catching oysters with
scoop, dredge or similar instrument within the waters of
the Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River and in Eastern Bay,
outside of a line drawn from the southwest corner of First
Kent Point to north end of Poplar Island; provided, that
nothing herein contained shall authorize the taking or
catching of oysters with scoop, dredge or similar instru-
ment on any oyster bar within one and one-half miles of
Tolley's Point, Sandy Point, Hackett's Point, Thomas'
Point, Holland's Island bar and Three Sisters, nor within
one and one-half miles of Holland's Point bar, nor of
Swan's Point bar, nor between Poplar Island and the main-
land of Talbot County, south of a line drawn from the north
point of Poplar Island to Low's Point on the mainland,
nor north of a line drawn from the end of the south bar
of Poplar Island to Pawpaw cove, on Tilghman Island, nor
within one-quarter of a mile west of Poplar Island, nor
within one-half of a mile of Plum Point, nor within the
boundary lines of any county, unless herein otherwise speci-
fied, which license shall hold good for one season only and
shall only authorize the catching of oysters between the
first day of November and the fifteenth day of March on
which day the dredging season shall end; provided, how-
ever, it shall be lawful for the owner of any such licensed
boat whenever said owner shall sell and convey by bill of
sale for a bona fide consideration such boat to any person
who has been a resident of the State of Maryland for at
least one year to transfer said license to said purchaser
with said boat, which license when transferred shall en-
title said purchaser to the same privileges of catching and
taking oysters with said boat in the waters of this State
that the original owner had before such assignment; pro-
vided, said seller and buyer appear before the Comptroller
of the Treasury and make oath before him to all facts,
matters and things required of said original owner of such
boat before taking out such license, upon which said license
said Comptroller shall certify in writing that the said pur-
chaser shall pay to the Comptroller the sum of Five dol-
lars for the use of the oyster fund; the provisions of this
Section in relation to the time of taking oysters, the time
of expiration of license and the transfer of ownership shall
apply to all vessels licensed by any county in this State to
take and catch oysters with dredge, scrape or scoop.