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  PUBLIC 
  LOCAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Oysters 
  in 
  

   the 
  shell 
  

   disposed 
  of 
  

  

  To 
  be 
  

   measured. 
  

  

  Kepealed. 
  

  

  Repealed 
  

   and 
  condi- 
  

   tioned. 
  

  

  Issue 
  li 
  

   oense. 
  

  

  Proviso. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  14. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted.^ 
  That 
  all 
  oysters 
  in 
  

   the 
  shell 
  disposed 
  of 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Worcester 
  

   county 
  shall 
  be 
  measured 
  in 
  a 
  sealed 
  measure 
  of 
  any 
  

   capacity 
  from 
  half 
  a 
  bushel 
  to 
  two 
  bushels 
  that 
  may 
  

   be 
  agreed 
  upon 
  between 
  seller 
  and 
  buyer, 
  and 
  any 
  

   person 
  offending 
  against 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  shall 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  a 
  fine 
  of 
  twenty-five 
  dollars 
  

   for 
  each 
  and 
  ever}' 
  offence, 
  to 
  be 
  recovered 
  before 
  

   any 
  justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  of 
  Worcester 
  county, 
  one- 
  

   half 
  to 
  the 
  informer 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  half 
  to 
  the 
  Treas- 
  

   urer 
  of 
  School 
  Board 
  of 
  Worcester 
  county, 
  for 
  the 
  

   benefit 
  of 
  the 
  school 
  fund 
  of 
  said 
  county. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  15. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  

   duty 
  of 
  the 
  purchaser 
  or 
  seller 
  to 
  have 
  said 
  measure 
  

   or 
  measures 
  duly 
  inspected 
  and 
  sealed 
  by 
  the 
  stand- 
  

   ard 
  keeper 
  under 
  a 
  forfeit 
  of 
  twenty-five 
  dollars 
  for 
  

   each 
  and 
  every 
  oftence, 
  to 
  be 
  recovered 
  before 
  any 
  

   justice 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  of 
  Worcester 
  county, 
  one-half 
  

   to 
  the 
  informer 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  half 
  to 
  the 
  Treasurer 
  

   of 
  School 
  Board 
  of 
  Worcester 
  county, 
  for 
  the 
  benefit 
  

   of 
  the 
  school 
  fund 
  of 
  said 
  county. 
  

  

  Sec 
  16. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  all 
  acts 
  or 
  parts 
  

   of 
  acts 
  inconsistent 
  with 
  this 
  act 
  be 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  

   are 
  hereby 
  repealed. 
  

  

  Laws 
  of 
  1876, 
  Chajpter 
  277. 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted 
  hy 
  the 
  General 
  Asserahly 
  

   of 
  Maryland, 
  That 
  chapter 
  seventy-seven 
  (77) 
  of 
  the 
  

   acts 
  passed 
  January 
  session, 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   seventy-four 
  (1874), 
  for 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  oysters 
  in 
  

   Sinepuxent 
  Bay 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries, 
  is 
  hereby 
  re- 
  

   pealed, 
  but 
  all 
  violations 
  of 
  said 
  act 
  may 
  be 
  prose- 
  

   cuted 
  and 
  punished 
  as 
  fully 
  as 
  if 
  said 
  act 
  had 
  not 
  

   been 
  repealed. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  2. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  the 
  clerk 
  of 
  the 
  

   Circuit 
  Court 
  for 
  Worcester 
  county 
  may 
  issue 
  to 
  any 
  

   citizen 
  of 
  said 
  county 
  a 
  license 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  catch 
  oys- 
  

   ters 
  with 
  rakes 
  or 
  tongs 
  from 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Sinepux- 
  

   ent 
  Bay 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries 
  until 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  May 
  

   next 
  after 
  the 
  issuing 
  of 
  said 
  license; 
  provided 
  the 
  

   applicant 
  for 
  said 
  license 
  shall 
  satisfy 
  said 
  clerk, 
  by 
  

   his 
  own 
  oath 
  or 
  other 
  suflicient 
  proof, 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  a 
  

   citizen 
  of 
  said 
  county, 
  and 
  shall 
  pay 
  to 
  said 
  clerk 
  the 
  

   sum 
  of 
  one 
  dollar, 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  by 
  said 
  clerk 
  to 
  the 
  

   County 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  Worcester 
  county, 
  to 
  be 
  

  

  