704                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                             [Ch. 4

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

(B) DISPLAY OF DREDGE BOAT NUMBERS.— THE
LICENSEE SHALL SECURELY ATTACH THE TWO NUMBERS,
FURNISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT WITH EACH DREDGING
LICENSE, TO THE SHROUDS OF THE FOREMAST ON THE POST
AND STARBOARD SIDES OF THE BOAT, WITH THE BOTTOM OR
LOWER EDGE OF THE NUMBER NOT LESS THAN FOUR FEET ABOVE
THE DECK. THE NUMBERS SHALL BE DISPLAYED IN AN
UPRIGHT POSITION TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM VISIBILITY AT ALL
TIMES DURING THE DREDGING SEASON, AND MAY NOT BE
CONCEALED OR DEFACED. EACH NUMBER SHALL BE PAINTED IN
BLACK FIGURES ON WHITE DURABLE MATERIAL TWO FEET BY
TWO FEET IN SIZE. THE MATERIAL SHALL BE SELECTED BY
THE DEPARTMENT. THE NUMBERS ON THE MATERIAL MAY NOT
BE LESS THAN 16 INCHES IN HEIGHT AND A PROPORTIONATE
WIDTH.

(C) REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO DREDGE BOATS
CAPABLE OF SELF-PROPULSION.—THE OWNER, CAPTAIN,
MASTER, OR ANY CREW MEMBER OF ANY BOAT CAPABLE OF
SELF-PROPULSION BY ANY MOTOR, TURBINE, OR OTHER ENGINE
ATTACHED TO THE BOAT, MAY NOT HAVE ON BOARD THE BOAT,
OR IN TOW, OR PERMIT ON BOARD OR IN TOW, ANY SCOOP,
HANDSCRAPE, DREDGE, OR SIMILAR INSTRUMENT USED IN
DREDGING, OR ANY WINCH, SPOOL, WINDER, OR OTHER TACKLE
USED IN DREDGING, UNLESS THE BOAT IS LICENSED TO
DREDGE ON LEASED LAND, OR IS ENGAGED IN TAKING SEED
OYSTERS UNDER THE SURVEILLANCE AND WITH THE PERMISSION
OF THE DEPARTMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE DEPARTMENT MAY
DESIGNATE BY RULE OR REGULATION A PERIOD OF TIME NOT
TO EXCEED TWO DAYS IN ANY ONE WEEK DURING WHICH DREDGE
BOATS LICENSED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE,
MAY BE PROPELLED BY MEANS OF THE AUXILIARY YAWL BOAT
CARRIED ON THE DREDGE BOAT IN THE WATERS OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY. THE DEPARTMENT MAY PRESCRIBE THE
MAXIMUM DAILY LIMIT ON ANY DAY.

(D) DREDGING ON LEASED LAND PROHIBITED.—THE
OWNER, CAPTAIN, MASTER, OR ANY CREW MEMBER OF ANY BOAT
MAY NOT CATCH OYSTERS BY SCOOP, HANDSCRAPE, OR DREDGE,
OR PERMIT OYSTERS TO BE CAUGHT BY SCOOP, HANDSCRAPE,
OR DREDGE, ON ANY LAND IN THE STATE LEASED FOR
CULTIVATING OYSTERS UNLESS THE BOAT IS LICENSED BY THE
DEPARTMENT FOR DREDGING ON LEASED LAND, AND THE OWNER,
CAPTAIN, OR MASTER OF THE BOAT HAS OR BOARD THE
WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE LESSEE OR TENANT OF THE LEASED
LAND FROM WHICH ANY OYSTERS ARE CAUGHT.

(E) DREDGING ON SUBMERGED LANDS RESERVED FOR