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  PUBLIC 
  LOCAL 
  LAWS, 
  

  

  Penalty 
  

   for 
  violat- 
  

  

  Be 
  eon- 
  

   struwd. 
  

  

  Appoint 
  a 
  

   competeiitl 
  

  

  tiive 
  bond. 
  

  

  and, 
  upon 
  conviction 
  thereof 
  by 
  any 
  jndge 
  ot* 
  tfie 
  

   eircnit 
  court, 
  or 
  a 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  for 
  either 
  of 
  

   said 
  counties 
  before 
  whom 
  such 
  case 
  may 
  be 
  tried,, 
  

   shall 
  be 
  lined 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  twenty-five 
  nor 
  more 
  

   than 
  one 
  hundred 
  dollars, 
  or 
  forfeit 
  the 
  boat 
  or 
  

   vessel 
  in 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  party 
  offending, 
  together 
  

   with 
  the 
  papers, 
  furniture 
  and 
  tackle 
  on 
  board, 
  in 
  

   the 
  discretion 
  of 
  the 
  judge 
  or 
  justice 
  hearing 
  such 
  

   case. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  8. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  nothing 
  in 
  this 
  

   act 
  shall 
  be 
  construed 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  residents 
  of 
  

   Dorchester 
  county, 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  licensed 
  to 
  catch 
  

   oysters 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Fishing 
  Bay 
  and 
  Hongo- 
  

   River 
  with 
  scrapers, 
  from 
  enjoying 
  tie 
  privileges 
  of 
  

   this 
  act. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  9. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  

   County 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  Talbot 
  county 
  shall 
  ap- 
  

   point 
  a 
  competent 
  person 
  to 
  measure 
  all 
  canoes 
  or 
  

   other 
  boats 
  authorized 
  to 
  catch 
  oysters 
  under 
  this, 
  

   act 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Talbot 
  county, 
  according 
  to- 
  

   the 
  rule 
  now 
  in 
  use 
  by 
  the 
  custom-house 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States; 
  said 
  measurer 
  to 
  receive 
  as 
  a 
  fee 
  for 
  

   his 
  services 
  fifty 
  cents 
  per 
  ton 
  for 
  each 
  ton 
  the 
  boat 
  

   may 
  measure; 
  to 
  enter 
  into 
  bond 
  to 
  the 
  county 
  afore- 
  

   said, 
  in 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  five 
  hundred 
  dollars, 
  for 
  the 
  

   faithful 
  performance 
  of 
  his 
  duty, 
  and 
  to 
  hold 
  his 
  

   ofiice 
  durinff 
  the 
  term 
  of 
  said 
  eomniissioners. 
  

  

  Obtain 
  Ji- 
  

   fense. 
  

  

  Proviso. 
  

  

  Laws 
  of 
  1876, 
  Chaj^ter 
  405. 
  

  

  Section 
  10. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  any 
  resident 
  

   of 
  said 
  counties 
  desiring 
  to 
  use 
  any 
  canoe 
  or 
  other 
  

   boat 
  in 
  catching 
  or 
  taking 
  oysters 
  for 
  sale 
  with 
  rakes 
  

   or 
  tongs 
  in 
  the 
  said 
  Choptank 
  river 
  shall 
  first 
  ob- 
  

   tain, 
  by 
  application 
  to 
  the 
  Clerks 
  of 
  the 
  Circuit 
  

   Courts 
  of 
  said 
  counties, 
  a 
  license 
  therefor, 
  and 
  such 
  

   license 
  shall 
  have 
  eflect 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  June 
  

   in 
  the 
  year 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  obtained, 
  tO' 
  

   the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  June 
  succeeding, 
  and 
  sliall 
  authorize 
  

   the 
  use 
  of 
  said 
  canoe 
  or 
  boat 
  in 
  taking 
  or 
  catching 
  

   oysters 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  dividing 
  channel 
  of 
  said 
  

   river, 
  for 
  sale 
  to 
  any 
  person 
  ; 
  provided 
  that 
  nothing 
  

   herein 
  contained 
  shall 
  be 
  so 
  construed 
  as 
  to 
  conflict 
  

   with 
  the 
  rights 
  of 
  owners 
  or 
  occupants 
  of 
  lands 
  bor- 
  

   dering 
  on 
  said 
  river 
  as 
  are 
  secured 
  and 
  protected 
  

   iinder 
  existing 
  laws. 
  

  

  