﻿rUBLIC 
  LOCAL 
  LAWS. 
  251 
  

  

  Dorchester 
  county, 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  licensed 
  to 
  catch 
  

   oysters 
  in 
  the 
  M'aters 
  of 
  Fishing 
  bay 
  and 
  Hungary 
  

   river 
  with 
  scrapers, 
  from 
  enjoying 
  the 
  privileges 
  of 
  

   this 
  act. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  10. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  

   County 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  Talbot 
  County 
  shall 
  ap- 
  

   point 
  a 
  competent 
  person 
  to 
  measure 
  all 
  canoes 
  or 
  measure'r! 
  

   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 
  ser- 
  

   vices 
  fifty 
  cents 
  per 
  ton 
  for 
  each 
  ton 
  the 
  boat 
  may 
  

   measure, 
  to 
  enter 
  into 
  bond 
  to 
  the 
  county 
  aforesaid, 
  

   in 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  five 
  hundred 
  dollars 
  for 
  the 
  faithful 
  

   performance 
  of 
  his 
  duty, 
  and 
  to 
  hold 
  his 
  office 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  term 
  of 
  said 
  commissioners. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  11. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  any 
  resident 
  of 
  

   said 
  counties 
  desiring 
  to 
  use 
  any 
  canoe 
  or 
  other 
  boat 
  

   in 
  catching 
  or 
  taking 
  oj'sters 
  for 
  sale 
  with 
  rakes 
  or 
  

   tongs 
  in 
  the 
  said 
  Choptank 
  river, 
  shall 
  first 
  obtain, 
  

   by 
  application 
  to 
  the 
  Clerks 
  of 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Courts 
  of 
  

   said 
  counties, 
  a 
  license 
  therefor, 
  and 
  such 
  license 
  ta?n"fcen3o 
  

   shall 
  have 
  efi'ect 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  daj' 
  of 
  June 
  in 
  the 
  

   year 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  obtained 
  to 
  the 
  first 
  

   day 
  of 
  June 
  succeeding, 
  and 
  shall 
  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 
  bordering 
  

   on 
  said 
  river 
  as 
  are 
  secured 
  and 
  protected 
  under 
  ex- 
  

   isting 
  laws. 
  

  

  CALVERT 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  Laws 
  of 
  1870, 
  Chapter 
  188. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted 
  hy 
  the 
  General 
  Assembly 
  

   of 
  Maryland, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  per- 
  

   son 
  or 
  persons 
  to 
  catch 
  oysters 
  for 
  sale 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  

   of 
  Saint 
  Leonard's 
  Creek, 
  Island 
  Creek 
  and 
  Battle 
  Not 
  to 
  

   Creek, 
  in 
  Calvert 
  county, 
  except 
  persons 
  who 
  have 
  ters.^ 
  °^* 
  

   imbedded 
  or 
  planted, 
  or 
  who 
  may 
  hereafter 
  imbed 
  

   or 
  plant 
  oysters 
  in 
  said 
  waters. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  on 
  information 
  

   given 
  under 
  oath 
  of 
  any 
  violation 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  to 
  any 
  

  

  