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  PUBLIC 
  LOCAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Make 
  oalh 
  

   or 
  affirma- 
  

   Tiou. 
  

  

  To 
  comply 
  

   with 
  laws. 
  

  

  RiRht 
  of 
  

   appeal. 
  

  

  Fines 
  to 
  

   lie 
  paid 
  to 
  

   sheriff. 
  

  

  be 
  allowed 
  as 
  a 
  fee 
  for 
  the 
  measurement 
  of 
  each 
  

   boat 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  fifty 
  cents 
  j^er 
  ton 
  for 
  every 
  ton 
  

   said 
  boat 
  or 
  vessel 
  may 
  measure. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  7. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted^ 
  That 
  any 
  applicant 
  for 
  

   a 
  license 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  be 
  

   required 
  to 
  make 
  oath 
  or 
  affirmation 
  before 
  the 
  Clerk 
  

   of 
  the 
  Circnit 
  Court 
  of 
  said 
  county, 
  or 
  before 
  any 
  

   justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  of 
  said 
  county, 
  upon 
  whose 
  cer- 
  

   tificate 
  of 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  such 
  oath 
  or 
  affirmation 
  the 
  

   said 
  clerk 
  may 
  issue 
  said 
  license 
  as 
  hereinbefore 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  ; 
  the 
  applicants 
  shall 
  set 
  forth 
  in 
  said 
  oaths 
  or 
  

   affirmations, 
  before 
  obtaining 
  said 
  license, 
  that 
  he 
  

   has 
  been 
  a 
  hona 
  fide 
  resident 
  of 
  said 
  county 
  for 
  the 
  

   twelve 
  months 
  next 
  preceding 
  his 
  application 
  for 
  

   said 
  license, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  intends 
  to 
  use 
  said 
  boat 
  or 
  

   vessel 
  only 
  in 
  said 
  county, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  will 
  comply 
  

   witli 
  and 
  obey 
  all 
  laws 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  regulating 
  .the 
  

   catching 
  of 
  oysters 
  ; 
  and 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  whom 
  said 
  

   license 
  shall 
  have 
  been 
  granted 
  shall 
  paint 
  the 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  his 
  boat 
  on 
  each 
  beam, 
  near 
  the 
  gun-wales, 
  

   or 
  a 
  white 
  field 
  with 
  black 
  letters, 
  seven 
  inches 
  in 
  

   length, 
  and 
  any 
  person 
  refusing 
  to 
  comply 
  with 
  this 
  

   provision 
  shall, 
  on 
  conviction 
  before 
  a 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  

   peace 
  for 
  said 
  county, 
  be 
  fined 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  five 
  and 
  

   not 
  more 
  than 
  twenty 
  dollars 
  and 
  costs, 
  said 
  fine 
  to 
  

   be 
  paid 
  into 
  the 
  treasury 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  school 
  fund 
  

   for 
  said 
  county. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  8. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  any 
  person 
  who 
  

   shall 
  use 
  any 
  boat, 
  canoe 
  or 
  other 
  vessel 
  without 
  

   having 
  been 
  licensed 
  as 
  hereintofore 
  provided, 
  shall, 
  

   upon 
  conviction 
  thereof 
  before 
  a 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace, 
  

   be 
  fined 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  twenty-five 
  or 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  

   hundred 
  dollars, 
  or 
  forfeit 
  the 
  boat, 
  canoe 
  or 
  vessel 
  

   so 
  oflending, 
  in 
  the 
  discretion 
  of 
  the 
  justice 
  trying 
  

   [trying] 
  the 
  same 
  ; 
  provided 
  that 
  an 
  appeal 
  to 
  the 
  

   Circuit 
  Court, 
  with 
  bond 
  and 
  approved 
  security, 
  

   shall 
  be 
  granted 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  within 
  twenty 
  days 
  

   from 
  the 
  rendering 
  of 
  such" 
  decision 
  by 
  said 
  justice 
  

   of 
  the 
  peace. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  9. 
  A^id 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  all 
  moneys 
  arising 
  

   from 
  fines 
  or 
  forfeitures 
  under 
  this 
  act, 
  after 
  the 
  de- 
  

   duction 
  of 
  all 
  costs, 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  by 
  the 
  offender 
  

   directly 
  to 
  the 
  slierifi', 
  or 
  a 
  deputy 
  sherift' 
  of 
  the 
  

   county, 
  if 
  'present, 
  if 
  not, 
  to 
  the 
  justice, 
  and 
  by 
  them 
  

   paid 
  into 
  and 
  credited 
  to 
  the 
  public 
  school 
  fund 
  of 
  

  

  