MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      699

department's jurisdiction extends to all
the natural oyster bars in the State.

Subsection (b) presently appears as Article

66C, section 697A (a)___, as enacted by

Chapter 227, Acts of 1973.

Subsection (c) presently appears as Article
66C, section 697A(c), as enacted by Chapter
227, Acts of 1973.

Subsection (d) presently appears as Article
66C, section 697A(b), as enacted by Chapter
227, Acts of 1973.

The only other changes made are in style.

4-1010. POSSESSION OF PATENT TONG HEADS IN KENT,
QUEEN ANNE'S, AND WICOMICO COUNTIES PROHIBITED.

A PERSON MAY NOT HAVE PATENT TONG HEADS ON BOARD
A BOAT WHEN SHAFT TONGING IN QUEEN ANNE'S, WICOMICO,
AND KENT COUNTY WATERS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Article 66C, section 700 (o) of the Code and
set forth here for organizational purposes.
The only other changes made are in style.

4-1011. PATENT AND HAND TONGING IN CERTAIN COUNTY
WATERS.

(A)   PATENT TONGING PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN COUNTY
WATERS. - A PERSON MAY NOT USE PATENT TONGS TO CATCH
OYSTERS IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING WATERS: WICOMICO,
QUEEN ANNE'S, TALBOT, DORCHESTER, AND KENT COUNTIES,
EXCEPT ON SWANN POINT BAR, WHITE MARSH, GUM SPRING,
UNDER THE BAR AND ENTRANCE LUMPS. HOWEVER, THE
DEPARTMENT MAY OPEN OR CLOSE HICKORY THICKET BAR.

(B)   PATENT AND HAND TONGING IN TALBOT COUNTY. -
A PERSON MAY CATCH OYSTERS BY PATENT OR HAND TONGS,
BUT NOT BY DREDGING, IN TALBOT COUNTY WATERS WITHIN
THE FOLLOWING BOUNDS:

BEGINNING IN EASTERN BAY AT A POINT ON THE
TALBOT-QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY LINE WHICH IS INTERSECTED
BY A STRAIGHT LINE DRAWN FROM LOWES POINT TO THE
BLOODY POINT LIGHTHOUSE, FROM THERE IN A NORTHEASTERLY
DIRECTION ALONG THE TALBOT-QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY LINE TO
THE POINT WHERE A STRAIGHT LINE DRAWN FROM THE LONG