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  PUBLIC 
  GENERAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Placed. 
  

  

  Viola4iDS. 
  

  

  Obtain 
  li- 
  

   cense. 
  j._-j 
  

  

  Proviso. 
  

  

  upon 
  the 
  starboard 
  side 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  that 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  sail 
  which 
  is 
  above 
  the 
  close 
  reef, 
  

   and 
  the 
  other 
  number 
  on 
  the 
  port 
  side 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  jib 
  which 
  is 
  above 
  the 
  bonnet 
  

   and 
  reef; 
  these 
  numbers 
  shall 
  be 
  placed 
  in 
  an 
  up- 
  

   right 
  position 
  and 
  worn 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  during 
  the 
  

   dredofino; 
  season, 
  and 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  concealed 
  or 
  de- 
  

   faced, 
  and 
  no 
  other 
  number 
  shall 
  be 
  exposed 
  to 
  view 
  

   or 
  used 
  than 
  that 
  which 
  is 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  Comp- 
  

   troller. 
  Any 
  captain 
  w^ho 
  shall 
  violate 
  the 
  provisions 
  

   in 
  this 
  section 
  shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  guilty 
  of 
  a 
  misde- 
  

   meanor, 
  and 
  upon 
  conviction 
  in 
  any 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  

   of 
  this 
  State 
  shall 
  be 
  fined 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  fifty 
  nor 
  

   more 
  than 
  one 
  hundred 
  dollars, 
  or 
  imprisonment 
  in 
  

   the 
  jail 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  where 
  the 
  case 
  is 
  tried 
  not 
  

   more 
  than 
  six 
  months, 
  in 
  the 
  discretion 
  of 
  the 
  court 
  ; 
  

   provided 
  the 
  court 
  or 
  jury 
  trying 
  the 
  same 
  shall 
  be 
  

   convinced 
  that 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  have 
  

   been 
  intentionally 
  violated. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  17. 
  A^id 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  any 
  resident 
  of 
  

   this 
  State 
  desiring 
  to 
  use 
  any 
  canoe 
  or 
  other 
  boat 
  

   in 
  catching 
  or 
  taking 
  oysters, 
  for 
  sale, 
  with 
  rakes 
  or 
  

   tongs, 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  shall 
  first 
  

   obtain, 
  by 
  application 
  to 
  the 
  clerk 
  of 
  the 
  Circuit 
  

   Court 
  for 
  the 
  county 
  wherein 
  he 
  may 
  reside, 
  a 
  li- 
  

   cense 
  therefor, 
  and 
  such 
  license 
  shall 
  have 
  eftect 
  

   from 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  June 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  

   may 
  have 
  been 
  obtained, 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  June 
  

   next 
  succeeding; 
  provided 
  that 
  such 
  license 
  shall 
  

   not 
  authorize 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  said 
  canoe 
  or 
  boat, 
  in 
  taking 
  

   or 
  catching 
  oysters 
  in 
  any 
  creek, 
  cove, 
  river, 
  inlet, 
  

   bay 
  or 
  sound 
  w^ithin 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  any 
  county 
  other 
  

   than 
  that 
  wherein 
  the 
  license 
  shall 
  have 
  been 
  granted, 
  

   and 
  that 
  the 
  boundaries 
  of 
  counties 
  bordering 
  on 
  

   navigable 
  waters 
  shall 
  be 
  strictly 
  construed, 
  so 
  as 
  not 
  

   to 
  permit 
  the 
  residents 
  of 
  either 
  county 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  

   catch 
  oysters 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  dividing 
  

   channel 
  ; 
  provided 
  that 
  nothing 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  shall 
  

   be 
  so 
  construed 
  as 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  Calvert 
  

   and 
  St. 
  Mary's 
  counties 
  from 
  using 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  

   Patuxent 
  River 
  in 
  common, 
  or 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  Queen 
  

   Anne 
  and 
  Kent 
  from 
  using 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the'Chester 
  

   River 
  in 
  common, 
  or 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  Dorchester 
  and 
  

   Wicomico 
  from 
  using 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Nanticoke 
  

   in 
  common, 
  or 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  Queen 
  Anne 
  and 
  Tal- 
  

  

  