﻿state. 
  

  

  Fee 
  for. 
  

  

  PUBLIC 
  GENERAL 
  LAWS, 
  229 
  

  

  bot 
  from 
  using 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Wye 
  River 
  and 
  the 
  

   month 
  thereof 
  in 
  common. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  18. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  each 
  and 
  every 
  License 
  to 
  

   license 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  catch 
  oysters 
  for 
  sale 
  with 
  rakes 
  

   or 
  tongs 
  shall 
  state 
  the 
  name 
  and 
  residence 
  of 
  the 
  

   person 
  to 
  whom 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  granted, 
  the 
  num- 
  

   ber, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  length, 
  to 
  be 
  obtained 
  by 
  top 
  or 
  

   over-all 
  measurement 
  of 
  the 
  canoe 
  or 
  boat 
  licensed, 
  

   the 
  county 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  used, 
  and 
  the 
  

   period 
  at 
  which 
  said 
  license 
  will 
  expire; 
  and 
  every 
  

   applicant 
  for 
  such 
  license 
  shall 
  pay 
  to 
  the 
  clerk 
  of 
  

   the 
  court 
  where 
  such 
  license 
  may 
  be 
  granted, 
  and 
  

   before 
  the 
  issuing 
  and 
  delivery 
  of 
  the 
  same, 
  accord- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  rates, 
  viz 
  : 
  for 
  any 
  boat 
  meas- 
  

   uring 
  in 
  length 
  twenty 
  feet 
  or 
  less, 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  two 
  

   dollars 
  ; 
  measuring 
  from 
  twenty 
  to 
  twenty-live 
  feet, 
  

   the 
  sum 
  of 
  three 
  dollars 
  ; 
  measuring 
  from 
  twenty- 
  

   five 
  to 
  thirty 
  feet, 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  four 
  dollars; 
  and 
  all 
  

   over 
  thirty 
  feet, 
  including 
  sloops 
  under 
  Custom- 
  

   House 
  tonnage, 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  five 
  dollars 
  each 
  ; 
  and 
  

   all 
  oysters 
  taken 
  with 
  rakes 
  or 
  tongs 
  shall 
  be 
  culled 
  

   upon 
  the 
  natural 
  beds 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  taken 
  ; 
  the 
  

   amount 
  received 
  from 
  tonging 
  license 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  by 
  

   the 
  clerk 
  to 
  the 
  school 
  commissioners 
  for 
  the 
  public 
  

   schools 
  of 
  the 
  respective 
  counties 
  where 
  such 
  license 
  

   is 
  issued 
  ; 
  provided 
  the 
  sum 
  received 
  from 
  white 
  

   tongers 
  shall 
  go 
  to 
  white 
  schools, 
  and 
  the 
  sum 
  from 
  

   colored 
  tongers 
  to 
  the 
  colored 
  schools. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  19. 
  Arid 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  every 
  applicant 
  

   for 
  license 
  to 
  use 
  any 
  canoe 
  or 
  other 
  boat 
  in 
  taking 
  

   or 
  catching 
  oysters 
  with 
  rakes 
  or 
  tongs 
  shall 
  be 
  re- 
  

   quired 
  to 
  make 
  oath 
  or 
  affirmation 
  before 
  the 
  clerk 
  oathor"S- 
  

   authorized 
  to 
  issue 
  the 
  same, 
  or 
  some 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  ^^rmation. 
  - 
  

   peace, 
  on 
  whose 
  (;ertificate 
  of 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  such 
  

   oath 
  or 
  affirmation 
  the 
  clerk 
  shall 
  issue 
  said 
  license 
  

   that 
  the 
  facts 
  set 
  forth 
  in 
  said 
  license 
  are 
  strictly 
  

   true 
  ; 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  hona 
  fide 
  resident 
  of 
  the 
  

   county 
  for 
  the 
  twelve 
  months 
  next 
  preceding 
  his 
  

   application 
  for 
  said 
  license 
  tliat 
  he 
  desires 
  and 
  in- 
  

   tends 
  to 
  use 
  said 
  canoe 
  or 
  boat 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  

   in 
  which 
  he 
  resides; 
  that 
  he 
  will 
  not 
  allow 
  the 
  same 
  

   to 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  taking 
  oysters 
  by 
  non-residents 
  of 
  the 
  

   county, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  will 
  comply 
  with 
  and 
  obey 
  all 
  

   the 
  laws 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  regulating 
  the 
  taking 
  or 
  catch- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  oysters 
  ; 
  and 
  every 
  person 
  to 
  whom 
  such 
  li- 
  

  

  To 
  make 
  

  

  