ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                 1095

Said license shall be good for the year of issuance only.

All persons taking and catching clams under the provisions
of this section shall exhibit their license whenever required to
do so by any officer of the Conservation Department or other
officer of the State.

Boys of twelve years of age and under shall not be required
to secure a license.

Non-residents of the State desiring to take or catch clams in
the waters of Worcester County shall first obtain a license from
the clerk of the court of said county and shall pay therefor the
sum of $2. 00, and in addition thereto 25 cents to the clerk of
the court for issuing the same, but non-residents shall not be
permitted to take clams for sale under any conditions. The
taking of more than one hundred (100) clams per day by any
person shall be prima facie evidence of taking of same for sale.

102.    Any person engaged in the business of shipping or
marketing clams taken from the waters of Worcester County
shall first obtain a license from the clerk of the court of Wor-
cester County and shall pay the sum of $25. 00, and in addi-
tion thereto 50 cents to the clerk of the court for issuing same.

Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed
to prohibit the catcher of clams to market his own catch.

In addition to the above license fee of $25. 00, a separate
license fee of 5 cents per thousand on the number of clams
bought, sold or marketed by him shall be paid.

A clam dealer shall be further required to deduct the 5 cents
per thousand on all clams sold him by the catcher and shall
remit this, together with the additional license fee of 5 cents
per thousand, to the inspector of the Conservation Department
weekly on a report provided for that purpose.

It shall be the duty of the inspector to collect said license
of 10 cents per thousand from the dealer and 5* cents per thou-
sand from the catcher, if due by him, and to remit weekly to
the Conservation Department and by it to the State Comp-
troller.

This license shall be good for the year of issuance only.

103.    Any person violating the provisions of the two pre-
ceding sections, upon conviction before a justice of the peace
or court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined the sum of
$25. 00 or be committed to jail until said fine is paid.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall be-
come effective upon the sale by the Board of Public Works of