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  bay, 
  and 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  Fishing 
  bay 
  which 
  lies 
  to 
  the 
  

   southward 
  and 
  westward 
  of 
  a 
  straight 
  line 
  drawn 
  

   from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  Tedious 
  creek 
  

   to 
  Clay 
  Island 
  Light 
  House, 
  and 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  waters 
  

   to 
  the 
  southward 
  and 
  eastward 
  of 
  Clay 
  island, 
  in 
  

   Dorchester 
  county, 
  and 
  adjoining 
  the 
  Wicomico 
  

   lines 
  up 
  to 
  Sandy 
  island 
  ; 
  provided 
  that 
  no 
  boat 
  or 
  

   boats 
  licensed 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  shall, 
  

   work 
  within 
  two 
  hundred 
  3'ards 
  of 
  the 
  siiore 
  ; 
  and 
  

   the 
  Board 
  of 
  County 
  Commissioners 
  for 
  Dorchester 
  

   county 
  shall 
  purchase 
  two 
  buoys 
  of 
  proper 
  size 
  and 
  

   have 
  them 
  properly 
  anchored 
  on 
  said 
  straight 
  line 
  

   between 
  Tedious 
  creek 
  and 
  Clay 
  Island 
  Light 
  House, 
  

   and 
  the 
  captain 
  of 
  the 
  oyster 
  sloop 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  

   district 
  shall 
  place 
  them 
  in 
  position. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  the 
  residents 
  of 
  

   said 
  county 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  catch 
  oysters 
  with 
  scoop 
  

   or 
  light 
  dredge 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  above 
  named, 
  by 
  ob- 
  

   taining 
  from 
  the 
  Clerk 
  of 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  for 
  said 
  

   county, 
  a 
  license, 
  which 
  shall 
  have 
  effect 
  from 
  the 
  

   first 
  of 
  September 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  the 
  next 
  ensuing 
  

   September 
  of 
  each 
  year, 
  and 
  provided 
  that 
  said 
  li- 
  

   cense 
  shall 
  not 
  authorize 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  oysters, 
  as 
  

   aforesaid, 
  between 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  May 
  and 
  the 
  fif- 
  

   teenth 
  day 
  of 
  September. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  4. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  every 
  license 
  to 
  

   catch 
  oysters 
  with 
  scoop 
  or 
  light 
  dredge 
  shall 
  state 
  

   the 
  name 
  and 
  residence 
  of 
  the 
  person 
  to 
  whom 
  the 
  

   same 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  granted, 
  the 
  number 
  beginning 
  with 
  

   two 
  hundred, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  full 
  or 
  true 
  tonnage 
  

   of 
  said 
  boat 
  or 
  vessel, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  rule 
  of 
  Cus- 
  

   tom 
  House 
  measurement, 
  and 
  every 
  owner 
  of 
  a 
  boat 
  

   or 
  vessel 
  shall 
  pay 
  two 
  dollars 
  per 
  ton 
  for 
  every 
  ton 
  

   said 
  boat 
  or 
  vessel 
  shall 
  measure 
  according 
  to 
  Cus- 
  

   tom 
  House 
  rule 
  of 
  measurement. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  5. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  

   School 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  Dorchester 
  county 
  shall 
  

   appoint 
  a 
  competent 
  person 
  to 
  measure 
  all 
  boats 
  

   and 
  vessels 
  under 
  ten 
  tons 
  licensed 
  under 
  this 
  act, 
  

   according 
  to 
  the 
  rules 
  of 
  measurement 
  now 
  in 
  use 
  

   by 
  the 
  Custom 
  House 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  0. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  the 
  measurer 
  ap- 
  

   pointed 
  under 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  enter 
  into 
  bonds 
  to 
  Dor- 
  

   chester 
  county, 
  in 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  five 
  hundred 
  dollars, 
  

   for 
  the 
  faithful 
  performance 
  of 
  his 
  duty, 
  and 
  shall 
  

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   proper 
  

   buoys. 
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   obtain 
  li- 
  

   cense. 
  

  

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   and 
  resi- 
  

   dence. 
  

  

  Rules 
  of 
  

   measure- 
  

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  Compen- 
  

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