1418                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 776

troller of the State of Maryland is hereby directed to pay in monthly
or semi-monthly installments the compensation provided in the State
Budget for each of the [two] clerks so appointed and confirmed.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Approved April 15, 1957.

CHAPTER 776
(House Bill 432)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 661 (t)
of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Oysters and Clams", pro-
viding that in Somerset County a non-resident may be authorized
and obtain a license to tong oysters on privately leased oyster
grounds, AND RELATING GENERALLY TO THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS FOR OBTAINING SUCH A LICENSE AND FOR
THE PERIOD DURING WHICH THIS PROVISION SHALL BE
EFFECTIVE.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 661 (t) of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1951 Edition), title "Natural Resources', sub-title "Oysters
and Clams", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, to read as follows:

661. (t) Methods of Taking or Catching Cultivated Oysters. A
lessee is privileged to cultivate or remove oysters so planted on his
leased area in any manner that he deems proper, provided he has
complied with the law providing for the licensing of boats or tongers
in removing them for market or transplanting; and provided, how-
ever, that no lessee or holder of any submerged area in Dorchester,
Wicomico, Charles, Queen Anne's or Kent Counties, or in the Manokin
River in Somerset County, shall take or catch oysters on such leased
land by any device other than tongs or patent tongs, and provided
further that in Anne Arundel County no boat other than one in
which the lessee or holder of any submerged lands has at least a
partial interest shall operate over such leased land.

In Somerset County, BETWEEN JUNE 1, 1957 AND DECEM-
BER 30, 1958, a lessee may authorize a non-resident to take oysters
by tong only as herein provided, upon condition that said non-
resident exhibit said authorization in writing to the Department
of Tidewater Fisheries and obtain therefrom a license to take said
oysters from the leased grounds. The non-resident shall in all respects
conform to the regulations provided in this Article. The license
herein provided shall cost $15.00, which sum shall be paid to and

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.