﻿OYSTERS. 
  

  

  PUBLIC 
  GENERAL 
  LAWS. 
  

  

  Chapter 
  198, 
  Lmcs 
  of 
  18S0, 
  repeals 
  Chapter 
  181, 
  

   Laws 
  1874, 
  {Sections 
  3 
  and 
  6 
  of 
  loliich 
  were 
  

   repealed 
  and 
  re-enacted 
  hy 
  Chapter 
  380, 
  

   Latos 
  1876,) 
  and. 
  enacts 
  the 
  following 
  in 
  lieu 
  

   thereof, 
  to 
  be 
  Article 
  71, 
  Code 
  of 
  Fnhlic 
  Gen- 
  

   eral 
  LaiDS, 
  title 
  " 
  Oysters." 
  

   Section 
  2. 
  Be 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  no 
  steamer 
  

   shall 
  be 
  used 
  or 
  employed 
  in 
  catching 
  oysters 
  

   in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  with 
  scoop, 
  dredge 
  

   or 
  similar 
  instrument, 
  and 
  no 
  other 
  boat 
  shall 
  

   be 
  used 
  in 
  catching 
  oysters 
  with 
  scoop, 
  dredge 
  

   or 
  similar 
  instrument, 
  without 
  first 
  having 
  been 
  

   licensed 
  as 
  hereinafter 
  provided. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  3. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  the 
  Comp- 
  

   troller 
  of 
  the 
  Treasury 
  shall, 
  upon 
  application 
  

   of 
  any 
  person 
  who 
  has 
  V)e»^n 
  a 
  resident 
  of 
  this 
  

   State 
  for 
  twelve 
  consecutive 
  months 
  next 
  j^re- 
  

   ceding 
  such 
  application, 
  and 
  to 
  no 
  other 
  person, 
  

   issue 
  a 
  license 
  to 
  such 
  resident 
  to 
  employ 
  such 
  

   boat 
  in 
  catching 
  oysters 
  Avith 
  scoop, 
  dredge 
  or 
  

   similar 
  instrument, 
  within 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Chesa- 
  

   peake 
  Bay 
  and 
  in 
  Eastern 
  Bay, 
  outside 
  of 
  a 
  

   line 
  drawn 
  from 
  the 
  southwest 
  corner 
  of 
  Second 
  

   Kent 
  Point 
  to 
  AVade's 
  Point 
  : 
  provided, 
  tliat 
  

   nothing 
  iierein 
  contjiined 
  sliall 
  authorize 
  the 
  

   catching 
  of 
  oysters 
  with 
  scoop, 
  dredge 
  or 
  simi- 
  

   lar 
  instrument, 
  on 
  any 
  oyster 
  bar 
  Avithin 
  one 
  

   and 
  a 
  half 
  miles 
  of 
  ToUey's 
  Point. 
  Sandy 
  Point, 
  

   Hackett's 
  Point, 
  'I'homas' 
  Point, 
  PTollan'd 
  Island 
  

   Bar. 
  Three 
  Sisters, 
  Swan 
  Point 
  Bar. 
  P()i»lar' 
  

   Island, 
  one-quarter 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  west 
  of, 
  and 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  island 
  and 
  the 
  main 
  land, 
  nor 
  Avithin 
  

   a 
  half 
  mile 
  of 
  Plum 
  Point, 
  and 
  to 
  buy 
  and 
  sell 
  

   oysters 
  in 
  this 
  State, 
  Avhich 
  license 
  shall 
  hold 
  

  

  Must 
  obtain 
  

   license. 
  

  

  Who 
  to 
  re- 
  

   ceive 
  license. 
  

  

  Prohibition 
  

  

  specified. 
  

  

  