178 THE FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Sec. 2. Upon infovmatioii given under oath, of any violation of this act, to any justice of the peace of Calvert county, he shall 

 forthwith issue his warrant directed to the sherilf, or any constable or military officer, requiring either of them to arrest the jiarty or 

 parties alleged to have been engaged in violating this law, and to seize and take possession of any canoe, boat, or vessel, together with 

 all their tackle and apparel. 



Sec. 3. Provides for a speedy hearing before a justice, and forfeitures and penalties in case of conviction, with right of appeal. 

 Moneys so arising to be devoted, one-fourth to the arresting officer, one-fourth among his assistants, and the remainder to the school fund. 



ioic? 0/1878, chaxJier 163. 



Section 1. It shall not be lawful for any person to take or- catch oysters for sale, with any instnunent whatever, in the waters of 

 Mill creelc, Back creek, or Saint John's creek, in Calvert county, for the period of three years from the passage of this act, except from 

 land in said waters located and apjiropriatcd, or which may be hereafter located and appropriated by virtue of any act or acts of the 

 general assembly of Maryland, authorizing the location and appropriation thereof for the purpose of protecting, preserving, depositing, 

 bedding, or sowing oysters, and any person violating the provisions of this law shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 



Sec. 2. For the purposes of this act a lino drawn from the steamboat whaif on Solomon's island, and running in a northeasterly 

 direction to TownshiiJ point on Kousby Hall farm, shall be the dividing line between the mouth of Mill creek and the Patusent river. 



KENT COUNTY.— iaics of 1872, chapter 359. 



Section 1. Any resident of either Queen Anne or Kent county, having in his possession any boat under custom-house tonnage, and 

 desiring to use said boat or canoe in taking oysters for sale, with rakes or tongs, in any of the waters of the aforesaid counties, shall tirst 

 obtain, by application to the clerk of the circuit court for that county wherein he may reside, a license, such as is now prescribed by the 

 general law, and which said license shall give him a right to take or catch oysters in the waters of either Queen Anne or Kent county ; 

 and such license shall have effect from October 1, in the year in which it shall have been obtained, to the first day of October next succeeding, 

 subject to the provisions of the general law as to the time in which oysters shall be caught or taken with tongs: Prorided, That such 

 license shall not authorize the use of said canoe or boat in taking or catching oysters in any creek, river, cove, inlet, bay, or sound within 

 the limits of any county other than Queen Anne and Kent ; and that the boundaries of the counties boi-dering on navigable water shall 

 be strictly construed, so as not to permit the residents of either of these counties to take or catch oysters beyond the channel of the creeks 

 or rivers lying between these and other contiguous counties; and provided further, that this act shall not authorize the taking or catching 

 of oysters from grounds already located or appropriated for the purpose of preserving, depositing, or bedding the same in the waters of 

 said counties, under the provisions of the general laws. 



QUEEN ANTSTE COUNTY.— Zatcs of 1876, clutpler 381. 



Section 1. The following lines, to wit, from the south point of Wye island to the southeast point of Bennett's point, thence to the 

 south point of Parson's island, are established as a boundary for the protection of the oyster-groxinds in that branch of Wye river known 

 as "Back Wye", and the oyster-grounds lying on the land or Queen Anne side of that part of said boundary extending from the southeast 

 point of Bennett's point to the south point of Parson's island. 



Sec. 2. It shall not be lawful for any non-resident of Queen Anne county to catch, or in any manner to molest, oysters on Queen 

 Anne's side of the boundary here specified. 



Sec. 3. The dividing waters of Wye river, and the waters of Saint Michael river, lying west of the boundary lino described in 

 section one of this act, and the waters around Herring island, are hereby opened to the citizens of Queen Anne and Talbot counties in 

 common, for the purpose of catching oysters with rakes or tongs. 



Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person to take or catch oysters with scoop, scrape, or any similar instrument, in the waters of 

 Queen Anne county, lying west of Kent island, between Kent's point and Cove point, within 400 yards of the shore. 



Sec. 5. Penalties for violation. 



SOMERSET COUNTY.— Code of puhlic Jocal laws, article 19. 



Sec. 91. Prohibits taking oysters for manure in Somerset county. 



Sec. 92. Prohibits purchasing any oysters for manure caught iu the county. 



Sec. 93. Penalties imposed. 



Lairs of 1867, chapter 129. 



Sec. 94. Permits citizens of the county to take oysters with a dredge or scoop iu any waters of said county not parcel of any creek, 

 cove, river, or inlet, upon obtaining license therefor as hereinafter directed. 



Sec. 95. The clerk of the circuit court for said county, upon application of any citizen of said county, shall issue a license to such 

 citizen, authorizing him to take or catch oysters with scoops, drags, or dredges in the waters of said county, subject to the provisions of 

 this law, for one year from the date of said license, for which said license the citizen applying shall pay to the said clerk the sum of ten 

 dollars ; provided, that the citizen so applying shall have first satisfied the said clerk that he has obtained from the comi)troller of the 

 state license lo take or catch oysters in the waters of the Chesapeake bay. 



Code of public local laws, article 19. 



Sec. 9G. The person so applying for a license shall first be required to make oath that he is a bona fide owner of the vessel to 

 be licensed, that he has been a bona fide citizen of the state for one year immediately preceding said application, and six months a resident 

 of the county, and that the license is intended for his use only. 



Lau^s of 1867, dliapter 129. 



Sec. 97. Any person taking oysters within the waters of said county with a scoop, drag, or dredge, without a license, or who is not 

 a citizen of said county, or otherwise, contrary to any law of this state, shall be subject to all the penalties provided by law against the 

 illegal taking of oysters in this state. 



