﻿OYSTERS. 
  

  

  PUBLIC 
  GENEKAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  364 
  of 
  Lavs 
  of 
  1870 
  as 
  amended 
  hy 
  Chap- 
  

   ter 
  157 
  Laws 
  of 
  1872, 
  which 
  repealed 
  Chapter 
  -106 
  

   Laws 
  of 
  1868 
  and 
  Chapter 
  184 
  Lau^s 
  of 
  1867, 
  

   which 
  repealed 
  Article 
  71 
  Code 
  of 
  P-uhlic 
  Gen- 
  

   eral 
  Laics 
  as 
  amended- 
  hy 
  Chap>ter 
  333 
  Laics 
  of 
  

   1864, 
  and 
  Chapter 
  181 
  of 
  the 
  Laics 
  of 
  1865 
  are 
  

   repealed 
  hy 
  Chapter 
  181 
  Laws 
  of 
  1874. 
  Sections 
  

   3 
  and 
  5 
  o/ 
  Chapter 
  181, 
  Zr<z/J6' 
  ^' 
  1874, 
  are 
  re- 
  

   pealed 
  and 
  re-enacted 
  hy 
  Chapter 
  380 
  Laws 
  of 
  

   1876. 
  

  

  Laws 
  of 
  1874, 
  Chapter 
  181. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  ^<? 
  ^^ 
  enacted^ 
  That 
  no 
  steamer 
  shall 
  

   be 
  used 
  in 
  catching 
  oysters 
  in 
  this 
  State, 
  and 
  no 
  

   other 
  boat 
  shall 
  be 
  nsed 
  in 
  catching 
  oysttrs 
  with 
  

   scoop, 
  dredge 
  or 
  similar 
  instrument, 
  without 
  first 
  

   having 
  been 
  licensed 
  as 
  hereinafter 
  provided. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  the 
  Comptroller 
  of 
  the 
  

   Treasury 
  shall, 
  upon 
  application 
  of 
  any 
  person 
  who 
  

   has 
  been 
  a 
  resident 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  for 
  twelve 
  con- 
  

   secutive 
  months 
  next 
  preceding 
  such 
  application, 
  and 
  

   to 
  no 
  other 
  person, 
  issue 
  a 
  license 
  to 
  such 
  resident 
  to 
  

   employ 
  such 
  boat 
  in 
  catching 
  oysters 
  with 
  scoop, 
  

   dredge 
  or 
  similiar 
  instrument, 
  within 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  

   the 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay, 
  and 
  in 
  Eastern 
  Bay, 
  outside 
  of 
  

   a 
  line 
  drawn 
  from 
  the 
  southwest 
  corner 
  of 
  second 
  

   Kent 
  Point 
  to 
  AVade's 
  Point; 
  provided, 
  that 
  nothing 
  

   herein 
  contained 
  shall 
  authorize 
  the 
  catching 
  of 
  

   oysters 
  with 
  scoop, 
  dredge 
  or 
  similiar 
  instrument, 
  on 
  

   any 
  oyster 
  bar 
  within 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  miles 
  of 
  Talley's 
  

   Point, 
  Sandy 
  Point, 
  Hackett's 
  Point, 
  Thomas' 
  Point, 
  

   Holland 
  Island 
  Bar, 
  Three 
  Sisters, 
  Swan 
  Point 
  Bar, 
  

   Poplar 
  Island, 
  one-quarter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  west 
  of, 
  and 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  island 
  and 
  the 
  main 
  land, 
  nor 
  within 
  half 
  

   mile 
  of 
  Plum 
  Point, 
  and 
  to 
  buy 
  and 
  sell 
  oysters 
  in 
  

  

  Prohibited 
  

  

  Issue 
  U- 
  

   cense 
  to 
  

   ratch 
  oys- 
  

   ters. 
  

  

  