1398                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 770

657.

(b)  Joint Use of the Potomac River Fisheries by Maryland and
Virginia. It shall be lawful for any citizen of the State of Maryland
or any citizen of the Commonwealth of Virginia who has been a
resident of said State or Commonwealth for twelve months imme-
diately preceding, and who has been duly licensed by the State [or
Commonwealth of which he is a citizen] of Maryland, to take or
catch fish, oysters or crabs from the waters of the Potomac River
in accordance with the laws and regulations of the State [or Com-
monwealth of which he is a citizen] of Maryland.

(c)  Licenses for the Potomac River Fisheries. Any citizen of the
State of Maryland or of the Commonwealth of Virginia entitled to
take or catch fish, oysters, or crabs from the Potomac River under
the provisions of the preceding sub-section shall first procure a
license from a regularly constituted officer [determined by the laws
and regulations of the State or Commonwealth of which he is a
resident] of the State of Maryland. No person otherwise entitled
to take fish, oysters, or crabs, from the Potomac River shall have
such right until he be licensed to take fish, or oysters, or crabs,
as the case may be. The authorities of [either] this State shall
have the right to examine into the right of any person to take
fish, oysters, or crabs from the Potomac River, or to have the same
in his possession; and any person taking fish, oysters, or crabs
from the Potomac River, or having any of the same in his possession
shall exhibit his authority for so doing whenever required by any
officer or other authority of [either State] the State of Maryland.

(g) Removal of Seed Oysters from the Upper Potomac River. It

shall be lawful between the first day of January and the first day of

May in every year for any citizen of the State of Maryland or

the Commonwealth of Virginia who has been granted a permit as
hereinafter provided to buy from duly licensed tongers and to carry
out of the Potomac River for the purpose of planting in the waters

of Maryland [or Virginia], seed oysters or oysters whose shells

measure less than three inches from hinge to mouth, provided such

oysters be caught above or upstream of a line joining North Point

at the mouth of Upper Machodoc Creek in the County of King

(h) Permits for the Removal of Seed Oysters from the Potomac
River. Any citizen of the State of Maryland or of the Common
wealth of Virginia wishing to purchase and carry seed oysters
from the Upper Potomac River in accordance with the preceding

sub-section shall first obtain a permit for each boat to be used in
carrying said oysters. Such person shall apply for such permit to

any oyster inspector or other officer of the State [or Commonwealth

of which the applicant is a citizen] of Maryland. Said applicant
shall state the name and tonnage (if registered in the customs

house) of the boat for which a permit is sought, the name of the

owner and master of said boat, and to what waters in Maryland

[or Virginia] such cargo of oysters shall be carried. The applicant

shall then take and subscribe to an oath before said officer that said

boat shall not be used for carrying any cargo of oysters to any

other waters than the waters of Maryland [ or Virginia], or for