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  PUBLIC 
  LOCAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Issue 
  li- 
  

   cense. 
  

  

  When 
  un- 
  

   lawful. 
  

  

  and 
  seventy 
  -four, 
  and 
  chapter 
  four 
  hnndred 
  and 
  five 
  

   of 
  the 
  acts 
  passed 
  at 
  Jannary 
  session, 
  eighteen 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  and 
  seventy-six, 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  catching 
  of 
  oys- 
  

   ters 
  with 
  scoop, 
  scrape 
  or 
  dredge 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  

   Dorchester 
  and 
  Talbot 
  counties, 
  be 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  

   are 
  hereby 
  repealed 
  and 
  re-enacted 
  with 
  amend- 
  

   ments, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  Tliat 
  the 
  Clerk 
  of 
  the 
  

   Circuit 
  Court 
  of 
  Talbot 
  or 
  Dorchester 
  county 
  shall, 
  

   upon 
  the 
  application 
  of 
  any 
  person 
  who 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  

   resident 
  of 
  such 
  county 
  for 
  twelve 
  months 
  next 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  such 
  application, 
  and 
  to 
  no 
  other 
  person, 
  

   issue 
  a 
  license 
  to 
  such 
  resident 
  to 
  employ 
  any 
  boat 
  

   of 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  ten 
  tons 
  or 
  under, 
  such 
  capacity 
  to 
  

   be 
  ascertained 
  by 
  Custom 
  House 
  measurement, 
  in 
  

   taking 
  or 
  catching 
  oysters 
  *vith 
  dredge, 
  scoop 
  or 
  

   scrape 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Choptank 
  river 
  in 
  said 
  

   counties, 
  for 
  sale 
  to 
  any 
  person 
  between 
  the 
  fifteenth 
  

   day 
  of 
  September 
  in 
  each 
  year 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  

   June 
  next 
  following 
  ; 
  provided 
  that 
  nothing 
  in 
  this 
  

   act 
  shall 
  authorize 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  oysters 
  with 
  dredge, 
  

   scoop 
  or 
  scrape, 
  above 
  a 
  straight 
  line 
  drawn 
  from 
  

   Oyster 
  Shell 
  Point 
  on 
  the 
  Dorchester 
  shore 
  to 
  the 
  

   Talbot 
  shore, 
  immediately 
  opposite, 
  or 
  in 
  any 
  trib- 
  

   utaries 
  of 
  said 
  river 
  above 
  or 
  below 
  said 
  Oyster 
  Shell 
  

   Point 
  ; 
  and 
  provided 
  further, 
  that 
  the 
  applicant 
  

   shall 
  pay 
  to 
  said 
  clerk, 
  before 
  the 
  issuing 
  of 
  said 
  li- 
  

   cense, 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  two 
  dollars 
  per 
  ton, 
  according 
  to 
  

   the 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  vessel 
  to 
  be 
  licensed, 
  which 
  said 
  

   license 
  shall 
  be 
  good 
  for 
  twelve 
  months 
  from 
  the 
  

   day 
  of 
  its 
  issue 
  ; 
  and 
  until 
  such 
  license 
  is 
  obtained 
  

   it 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  to 
  use 
  or 
  employ 
  any 
  vessel 
  in 
  

   taking 
  or 
  catching 
  oysters 
  as 
  hereinbefore 
  described 
  ; 
  

   provided 
  that 
  the 
  v.-aters 
  of 
  Talbot 
  county 
  lying 
  be- 
  

   tM'een 
  Black 
  Walnut 
  Point 
  and 
  a 
  line 
  drawn 
  from 
  

   Tilghman's 
  Point 
  to 
  the 
  southwest 
  point 
  of 
  Parson's 
  

   Island, 
  except 
  the 
  waters 
  between 
  Poplar 
  Island 
  and 
  

   the 
  main 
  land 
  lying 
  within 
  a 
  line 
  drawn 
  from 
  a 
  

   point 
  of 
  land 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  Ferry 
  cove, 
  known 
  

   as 
  Lowe's 
  Point, 
  to 
  the 
  northern 
  extremity 
  of 
  Poplar 
  

   Island 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  to 
  a 
  line 
  from 
  the 
  northwest 
  

   extremity 
  of 
  Tilghman's 
  Island 
  to 
  the 
  southern 
  ex- 
  

   tremity 
  of 
  south 
  bar 
  of 
  Poplar 
  Island 
  on 
  the 
  south, 
  

   which 
  are 
  hereby 
  reserved 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  tong 
  men, 
  

   shall 
  be 
  opened 
  to 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  Talbot 
  county. 
  

  

  