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  PUBLIC 
  GENERAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Failing 
  to 
  

   comply. 
  

  

  License 
  to 
  

   be 
  printed. 
  

  

  Prohibited 
  

  

  Monies. 
  

  

  cense 
  shall 
  have 
  been 
  granted 
  sliall 
  paint 
  the 
  nnm- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  his 
  canoe 
  or 
  boat 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  thereof, 
  near 
  

   the 
  gunwale, 
  in 
  black 
  figures, 
  and 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  

   inches 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  of 
  proportionate 
  width, 
  in 
  a 
  

   white 
  ground 
  ; 
  and 
  no 
  number 
  otlier 
  than 
  that 
  in 
  

   the 
  said 
  license 
  shall 
  be 
  exposed 
  to 
  view 
  on 
  said 
  ca- 
  

   noe 
  or 
  boat; 
  and 
  anv 
  person 
  failing 
  to 
  comply 
  with 
  

   this 
  provision 
  before 
  using 
  said 
  boat 
  or 
  canoe 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  aforesaid 
  shall, 
  on 
  conviction 
  thereof 
  be- 
  

   fore 
  a 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace, 
  be 
  fined 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  five 
  

   dollars 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  ten 
  ; 
  and 
  any 
  person 
  who 
  may 
  

   refuse 
  to 
  pay 
  said 
  fine 
  shall 
  be 
  committed 
  to 
  the 
  

   county 
  jail 
  for 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  thirty 
  days 
  or 
  until 
  said 
  

   fine 
  be 
  paid. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  20. 
  A)id 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  Tliat 
  the 
  Comptroller 
  

   of 
  the 
  Treasury 
  shall 
  cause 
  to 
  be 
  printed 
  and 
  deliv- 
  

   ered 
  to 
  the 
  clerks 
  of 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Courts 
  of 
  the 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  counties, 
  the 
  requisite 
  number 
  of 
  such 
  blank 
  li- 
  

   censes, 
  and 
  take 
  receipts 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  lor 
  other 
  

   licenses 
  furnished; 
  and 
  the 
  said 
  clerks 
  shall, 
  on 
  the 
  

   first 
  Monday 
  of 
  March 
  and 
  December 
  in 
  each 
  year, 
  

   return 
  to 
  the 
  Comptroller 
  a 
  list 
  and 
  account 
  of 
  such 
  

   licenses 
  issued 
  hy 
  them 
  ; 
  and 
  no 
  licenses 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  

   catch 
  oysters 
  with 
  rakes 
  or 
  tongs 
  shall 
  be 
  issued 
  to 
  

   any 
  boat 
  or 
  vessel 
  which 
  is 
  licensed 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  catch 
  

   oysters 
  with 
  scoop, 
  drag, 
  dredge 
  or 
  any 
  similar 
  in- 
  

   strument. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  21. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  if 
  any 
  person 
  

   shall 
  use 
  any 
  canoe 
  or 
  boat 
  not 
  licensed 
  as 
  required 
  

   by 
  the 
  preceding 
  sections 
  of 
  this 
  article 
  in 
  taking 
  

   or 
  catching 
  oysters 
  with 
  rakes 
  or 
  tongs 
  except 
  for 
  

   private 
  use, 
  he 
  shall, 
  upon 
  conviction 
  thereof 
  before 
  

   a 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  for 
  the 
  county 
  wherein 
  the 
  

   ofience 
  has 
  been 
  committed, 
  be 
  fined 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  

   twenty 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  hundred 
  dollars, 
  and 
  in 
  

   case 
  of 
  a 
  refusal 
  to 
  pay 
  said 
  fine 
  said 
  party 
  shall 
  be 
  

   committed 
  to 
  the 
  county 
  jail 
  for 
  six 
  months 
  or 
  until 
  

   said 
  fine 
  be 
  paid. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  22. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  all 
  moneys 
  arising 
  

   from 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  licenses 
  or 
  from 
  fines, 
  penalties 
  and 
  

   forfeitures 
  imposed 
  under 
  this 
  article 
  shall, 
  upon 
  

   warrant 
  of 
  the 
  (Comptroller, 
  be 
  paid 
  into 
  the 
  Treas- 
  

   ury 
  and 
  placed 
  to 
  the 
  credit 
  of 
  the 
  oyster 
  fund 
  ; 
  and 
  

   the 
  Comptroller 
  is 
  hereby 
  required 
  to 
  state 
  in 
  his 
  

   annual 
  report 
  particularly 
  the 
  receipts 
  and 
  expendi- 
  

  

  