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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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catching of oysters
by shaft tongs or
(4) Patent tongs to catch $25 for each person
clams tonging or employed
on a patent tong
boat
(5) Dredge or handscrape $100 for each dredge
to catch oysters or handscrape operated
(6) Dredge or handscrape $50 for each dredge
to catch clams or handscrape operated
(7) Hydraulic dredge to $100 for each dredge
catch clams of any operated]
species
THE FEE FOR A LICENSE TO CATCH OYSTERS IS $50. THE FEE
FOR A LICENSE TO CATCH CLAMS BY HYDRAULIC DREDGE IS $100
FOR EACH DREDGE OPERATED.
(d) The Department shall forward every license fee
received pursuant to this section to the State
Comptroller to be credited to the Fisheries Research and
Development Fund.
(e) A person [under 14 or] over 64 years of age is
not required to pay the license fee required by this
section [for a tonging license] IN ORDER TO CATCH OYSTERS
OR CLAMS. A PERSON UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE IS NOT REQUIRED
TO OBTAIN A LICENSE TO ASSIST ANOTHER LICENSEE BUT ANY
CLAMS OR OYSTERS HE CATCHES SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE
CATCH LIMIT OF THE LICENSEE.
(f) The Department shall issue licenses pursuant
to the rules and regulations it prescribes. A temporary
license may be obtained from the clerk of the circuit
court for the county in which the person resides or from
the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, if he resides in
Baltimore City. Every applicant shall pay to the clerk
of the court the license fee specified in this section
and, in addition to this sum, 50 cents to the issuing
clerk of the court. The temporary license will be the
carbon copy of the application duly certified by the
clerk and will be valid for a period of fifteen (15) days
from the date of application. The clerk shall within
forty-eight (48) hours forward the original copy of the
application to the Department of Natural Resources, which
shall issue a license to the applicant by mail. The
court clerk shall forward monthly to the department the
license fees received from applicants for deposit to the
credit of the Fisheries Research and Development Fund.
(g) A person shall possess the appropriate license
when catching, or attempting to catch, oysters or clams
for commercial purposes in the waters of the State, and
upon demand, shall exhibit the license to any natural
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