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  PUBLIC 
  LOCAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Anne's 
  and 
  Kent; 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  boimdarles 
  of 
  tho 
  

   counties 
  bordering 
  on 
  navigable 
  water 
  shall 
  be 
  

   strictly 
  construed 
  so 
  as 
  not 
  to 
  permit 
  the 
  residents 
  

   of 
  either 
  of 
  these 
  counties 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  catch 
  oysters 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  channel 
  of 
  the 
  creeks 
  or 
  rivers 
  lying 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  these 
  and 
  other 
  contiguous 
  counties; 
  and^^ro- 
  

   vided 
  further, 
  that 
  this 
  act 
  shall 
  not 
  authorize 
  the 
  

   taking 
  or 
  catching 
  of 
  oysters 
  from 
  grounds 
  already 
  

   located 
  or 
  appropriated 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  preservingf 
  

   depositing 
  or 
  bedding 
  the 
  sauie 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  

   said 
  counties, 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  General 
  

   Laws. 
  

  

  Boundary- 
  

   line. 
  

  

  Not 
  law- 
  

   ful. 
  

  

  Opr.ned 
  in 
  

   Common. 
  

  

  Be 
  lawful. 
  

  

  QUEEN 
  ANNE'S 
  COUNTY. 
  

   Laws 
  of 
  1876, 
  Chapter 
  381. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted 
  l>y 
  the 
  General 
  Asserably 
  

   of 
  Mari/land, 
  That 
  the 
  following 
  lines, 
  to 
  wit 
  : 
  from 
  

   the 
  south 
  point 
  of 
  Wye 
  Island 
  to 
  the 
  southeast 
  point 
  

   of 
  Bennett's 
  Point, 
  thence 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  point 
  of 
  Par- 
  

   son's 
  Island, 
  be 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  are 
  hereby 
  established 
  

   as 
  a 
  boundary 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  oyster 
  

   grounds 
  in 
  that 
  branch 
  of 
  Wye 
  river 
  known 
  as 
  

   " 
  Back 
  AVye," 
  and 
  the 
  oyster 
  grounds 
  lying 
  on 
  the 
  

   land 
  or 
  Queen 
  Anne's 
  side 
  of 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  said 
  bound- 
  

   ary 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  east 
  point 
  of 
  Bennett's 
  

   Point 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  point 
  of 
  Parson's 
  Island. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  

   lawful 
  for 
  any 
  non-resident 
  of 
  Queen 
  Anne's 
  county 
  

   to 
  catch 
  by 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  tongs, 
  or 
  by 
  any 
  other 
  

   means, 
  or 
  in 
  any 
  manner 
  to 
  molest 
  oysters, 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   tection 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  contemplated 
  by 
  this 
  act, 
  to 
  wit 
  : 
  

   oysters 
  within 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  land 
  or 
  Queen 
  Anne's 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  boundary 
  herein 
  above 
  specified. 
  

  

  Sec, 
  3. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  the 
  dividing 
  wa- 
  

   ters 
  of 
  \^^Q 
  river, 
  and 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  St. 
  Michael's 
  

   river 
  lying 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  boundary 
  line 
  described 
  in 
  

   section 
  one 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  and 
  the 
  waters 
  around 
  Her* 
  

   ring 
  Island, 
  are 
  hereby 
  opened 
  to 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  

   Queen 
  Anne's 
  and 
  Talbot 
  counties 
  in 
  comnion, 
  for 
  

   the 
  purpose 
  of 
  taking 
  or 
  catching 
  03'sters 
  with 
  rakes 
  

   or 
  tongs. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  4. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  unlaw- 
  

   ful 
  for 
  apy 
  person 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  catch 
  oysters 
  with 
  

   scoop, 
  scrape 
  or 
  any 
  similar 
  instrument 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  

  

  