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  LAAVS. 
  

  

  253 
  

  

  Penalty. 
  

  

  hereafter 
  located 
  and 
  appropriated 
  by 
  rirtue 
  of 
  any 
  

   act 
  or 
  acts 
  of 
  the 
  General 
  Asgembly 
  of 
  Maryland, 
  

   authorizing 
  the 
  location 
  and 
  appropriation 
  thereof 
  

   for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  protecting, 
  preserving, 
  depositing, 
  

   bedding 
  or 
  sowing 
  oysters, 
  and 
  any 
  person 
  violating 
  

   the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  law 
  shall 
  be 
  deemed 
  gnilty 
  of 
  

   a 
  misdemeanor, 
  and 
  shall 
  npon 
  conviction 
  thereof 
  

   before 
  a 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  of 
  said 
  county 
  be 
  fined 
  

   a 
  sum 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  twenty 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  fifty 
  

   dollars. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  A7id 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  for 
  the 
  purposes 
  

   pf 
  this 
  act 
  a 
  line 
  drawn 
  from 
  the 
  steamboat 
  wharf 
  

   on 
  Solomon's 
  Island, 
  and 
  running 
  in 
  a 
  northeasterly 
  from 
  

   direction 
  to 
  Township 
  Point 
  on 
  Ronsby 
  Hall 
  farm, 
  

   shall 
  be 
  the 
  dividing 
  line 
  between 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Mill 
  

   Creek 
  and 
  the 
  Patuxent 
  River. 
  

  

  A 
  line 
  

   d 
  r 
  a 
  w 
  n 
  

  

  KENT 
  COUNTY. 
  

  

  Section 
  1, 
  Chapter 
  359, 
  Laws 
  of 
  1872, 
  is 
  modified 
  

   ly 
  Chajpter 
  381, 
  Laws 
  (>/'1876. 
  See 
  Queen 
  Anne's 
  

   County. 
  

  

  Laws 
  of 
  1872, 
  Chapter 
  359. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted 
  hy 
  the 
  General 
  Assemhly 
  

   of 
  Mamjland, 
  That 
  any 
  resident 
  of 
  either 
  Queen 
  aik)wed^to 
  

   Anne's 
  or 
  Kent 
  county 
  owning 
  or 
  having 
  in 
  his 
  pos- 
  ^ers.^ 
  

   session 
  any 
  canoe 
  or 
  other 
  boat 
  under 
  Custom 
  House 
  

   tonnage, 
  and 
  desiring 
  to 
  use 
  said 
  boat 
  or 
  canoe 
  in 
  

   taking 
  or 
  catching 
  oysters 
  for 
  sale 
  with 
  rakes 
  or 
  

   tongs, 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  aforesaid 
  coun- 
  

   ties, 
  shall 
  first 
  obtain, 
  by 
  application 
  to 
  the 
  Clerk 
  of 
  

   the 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  for 
  that 
  county 
  wherein 
  he 
  may 
  

   reside, 
  a 
  license, 
  such 
  as 
  is 
  now 
  prescribed 
  by 
  the 
  

   General 
  Law, 
  and 
  which 
  said 
  license 
  shall 
  give 
  him 
  

   a 
  right 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  catch 
  oysters 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  

   either 
  Queen 
  Anne's 
  or 
  Kent 
  county; 
  and 
  such 
  li- 
  

   cense 
  shall 
  have 
  eft'ect 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  October 
  

   in 
  the 
  year 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  shall 
  have 
  been 
  obtained 
  to 
  

   the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  October 
  next 
  succeeding, 
  subject 
  to 
  

   the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  General 
  Law 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  

   in 
  w4nch 
  oysters 
  shall 
  be 
  caught 
  or 
  taken 
  with 
  tongs 
  ; 
  

   provided, 
  that 
  such 
  license 
  shall 
  not 
  authorize 
  tlie 
  

   use 
  of 
  said 
  canoe 
  or 
  boat 
  in 
  taking 
  or 
  catching 
  oys- 
  

   ters 
  in 
  any 
  creek, 
  river, 
  cove, 
  inlet, 
  bay 
  or 
  sound 
  

   within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  any 
  county 
  other 
  thdn 
  Queen 
  

  

  oys- 
  

  

  By 
  obtain- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  li- 
  

   cense. 
  

  

  Proviao. 
  

  

  