722                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND                             [Ch. 4

LIEN HOLDER IS TEMPORARILY INCAPACITATED AND CANNOT
OPERATE A HYDRAULIC CLAM DREDGE. IN ANY EVENT, A
HYDRAULIC CLAM DREDGE LICENSEE MAY NOT OPERATE A
HYDRAULIC CLAM DREDGE OWNED BY A PERSON WHO OWNS OR
HOLDS A LIEN ON MORE THAN ONE HYDRAULIC CLAM DREDGE.
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION DO NOT APPLY TO
TALBOT COUNTY.

(E) DEALERS AND SHIPPERS OF SOFT-SHELL CLAMS. -

(1)   THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT RULES AND
REGULATIONS GOVERNING LICENSING OF PERSONS BUYING,
SELLING, SHIPPING, TRANSPORTING, OR OTHERWISE DEALING
IN SOFT-SHELL CLAMS, AND THE METHODS BY WHICH THEY MAY
DO SO. HOWEVER, A LICENSEE MAY NOT BE REQUIRED TO
SELL OR DISPOSE OF CLAMS IN ANY RETAIL MARKET,
RESTAURANT, OR OTHER ESTABLISHMENT WHERE CLAMS ARE
SOLD OR SERVED FOR IMMEDIATE USE OR CONSUMPTION, WHEN
THE CLAMS ARE PURCHASED FROM A PERSON POSSESSING A
DEALER'S OR SHIPPER'S LICENSE. THE FEE FOR THIS
LICENSE MAY NOT EXCEED $25 FOR A PERSON WHO HAS
RESIDED IN THE STATE FOR ONE YEAR IMMEDIATELY
PRECEDING HIS APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE, OR $100 FOR A
NON-RESIDENT.

(2)     THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REQUIRE ANY
PERSON LICENSED TO DREDGE FOR SOFT-SHELL CLAMS OR
LICENSED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION
TO MAINTAIN AND SUBMIT RECORDS TO THE DEPARTMENT.

(C) REGULATIONS GENERALLY. - THE DEPARTMENT MAY
PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO ANY
ASPECT OF THE SOFT-SHELL CLAM FISHERY AND SHALL ADOPT
RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING:

(1)    MEASUREMENT AND STRUCTURAL DETAILS OF
A HYDRAULIC CLAM DREDGE,

(2)   THE NUMBER OF HYDRAULIC CLAM DREDGES
WHICH MAY BE CARRIED ON A VESSEL,

(3)    THE USE OF MUFFLERS ON MOTORS OR
ENGINES ON HYDRAULIC CLAM DREDGES OR ON BOARD BOATS
CARRYING HYDRAULIC CLAM DREDGES,

(4) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS ON THE
NUMBER OF BUSHELS WHICH MAY BE CAUGHT BY A HYDRAULIC
CLAM DREDGE, OR BY A BOAT CARRYING A HYDRAULIC CLAM
DREDGE,

(5) THE MINIMUM SIZE OF SOFT-SHELL CLAMS,