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  GENEKAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Time 
  

   force. 
  

  

  Transfer. 
  

  

  JIake 
  oath. 
  

  

  Make 
  oath. 
  

  

  this 
  State; 
  wliicli 
  license 
  shall 
  hold 
  good 
  for 
  one 
  

   year, 
  but 
  shall 
  only 
  authorize 
  the 
  catching 
  of 
  oysters 
  

   between 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  October 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  May; 
  

   but 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  lawful 
  for 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  any 
  such 
  boat 
  

   licensed, 
  whenever 
  said 
  owner 
  shall 
  sell 
  and 
  convey 
  

   by 
  bill 
  of 
  sale, 
  for 
  a 
  hona-fide 
  consideration, 
  said 
  boat 
  

   unto 
  any 
  person 
  who 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  resident 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   of 
  Maryland 
  for 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  year, 
  to 
  tranter 
  tlie 
  said 
  

   license 
  to 
  said 
  vendee 
  with 
  said 
  boat; 
  which 
  license, 
  

   when 
  transferred, 
  shall 
  entitle 
  said 
  vendee 
  with 
  said 
  

   boat 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  privileges 
  for 
  catching 
  oysters 
  in 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  that 
  the 
  original 
  vendor 
  or 
  

   assignor 
  had 
  before 
  said 
  assignment; 
  provided 
  the 
  

   said 
  vendee 
  and 
  assignee 
  shall 
  appear 
  before 
  the 
  

   Comptroller 
  of 
  the 
  Treasury 
  and 
  make 
  oath 
  before 
  

   liim 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  facts, 
  matters, 
  tilings 
  and 
  prerequisites 
  

   required 
  of 
  said 
  original 
  vendor 
  or 
  assignor 
  before 
  

   'taking 
  out 
  such 
  license, 
  upon 
  which 
  said 
  license 
  said 
  

   Comptroller 
  shall 
  certify 
  the 
  fact 
  of 
  said 
  vendee 
  or 
  

   assignee 
  having 
  taken 
  said 
  oath, 
  and 
  for 
  which 
  said 
  

   assignee 
  or 
  vendee 
  shall 
  pay 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  five 
  dollars, 
  

   to 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Maryland. 
  

  

  LaiDs 
  of 
  1876, 
  Chapter 
  380. 
  

  

  " 
  Sec. 
  »3. 
  A7id 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  

   such 
  boat 
  sliall 
  make 
  oath 
  before 
  the 
  Comptroller 
  or 
  

   his 
  clerk, 
  or 
  before 
  the 
  Clerk 
  of 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  

   of 
  the 
  county 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  shall 
  reside, 
  or 
  if 
  he 
  re- 
  

   sides 
  in 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  Baltimore, 
  before 
  the 
  Clerk 
  of 
  

   the 
  Colirt 
  of 
  Common 
  Pleas 
  in 
  said 
  city, 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  

   the 
  bona 
  fide 
  owner 
  of 
  such 
  boat 
  to 
  be 
  described 
  in 
  

   the 
  license; 
  that 
  ho 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  resident 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   for 
  the 
  time 
  beforementioned; 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  lien 
  

   on 
  said 
  boat 
  held 
  by 
  a 
  non-resident; 
  that 
  the 
  said 
  

   boat 
  is 
  not 
  held 
  with 
  an 
  intention 
  to 
  violate 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   vious 
  of 
  this 
  article, 
  such 
  applicant 
  shall 
  produce 
  

   before 
  the 
  Comptroller 
  or 
  the 
  said 
  clerk 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  

   of 
  such 
  application 
  Custom-House 
  enrollment 
  or 
  

   license 
  of 
  such 
  boat, 
  and 
  if 
  such 
  boat 
  is 
  under 
  Cus- 
  

   tom-House 
  tonnage, 
  the 
  owner 
  shall 
  swear 
  as 
  to 
  her 
  

   tonnage, 
  the 
  master 
  of 
  such 
  boat 
  shall 
  make 
  oath 
  

   before 
  the 
  Comptroller 
  or 
  clerk 
  aforesaid, 
  that 
  he 
  

   has 
  been 
  a 
  resident 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Maryland 
  for 
  

   twelve 
  months 
  next 
  preceding 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  taking 
  

   such 
  oath, 
  and 
  in 
  all 
  cases 
  where 
  such 
  oath 
  shall 
  be 
  

  

  