J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                           1431

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public health and safety, and having been passed by a
yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths of all the members of
the two houses of the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 3, 1961.

CHAPTER 815
(House Bill 161)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 713 (a)
AND (B), 714 (a) and (b) and 175A (d) of Article 66C of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1960 Supplement), title
"Natural Resources", sub-title "Oysters and Clams", Section 714 (b)
having been amended by Chapter 829 of the Acts of 1959, to change
the annual license fee in Kent and Queen Anne's Counties for
hydraulic or mechanical dredging of soft shell clams, and to change
the manner of making application for clam licenses in this State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 713 (a) AND (B), 714 (a) and (b) and 715A (d) of
Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and
1960 Supplement), title "Natural Resources", sub-title "Oysters and
Clams", Section 714 (b) having been amended by Chapter 829 of
the Acts of 1959, be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, and all to read as follows:

713.

(a) How to apply for hydraulic dredge license.—Any person
wishing to take or catch soft shell clams (mya arenaria) with any
hydraulic or mechanical dredge or rig in the waters of any county of
this State shall appear before the Department of Tidewater Fisheries
[and] or shall, by mail to said Department, make application for a
hydraulic or mechanical dredge or rig license. Every such applicant
shall exhibit to said Department satisfactory evidence showing the
name or number and size of the boat and the size of blade, water
manifold and conveyor or elevator on the boat or rig to be used and
make oath or affirmation that he is the bona fide owner of such boat;
that there is no lien on said boat held by a nonresident of Maryland;
that he has been a resident of the county in which he desires to take
or catch such soft shell clams for one year prior to the making of
such application; that the information he has furnished concerning
the rig is true.

(B) UPON THE RECEIPT OF SUCH APPLICATION, AND
UPON MAKING SUCH OATH, THE DEPARTMENT OF TIDE-

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.