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  Make 
  oath 
  of 
  

   facts. 
  

  

  good 
  for 
  one 
  year, 
  but 
  sliall 
  only 
  authorize 
  the 
  

   catching 
  of 
  oysters 
  between 
  the 
  fifteenth 
  day 
  

   of 
  October 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  April, 
  but 
  it 
  

   shall 
  be 
  lawful 
  for 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  any 
  such 
  boat 
  

   licensed, 
  whenever 
  said 
  owner 
  shall 
  sell 
  and 
  

   convey 
  ])y 
  bill 
  of 
  sale 
  for 
  a 
  bona 
  lide 
  considera- 
  

   tion, 
  said 
  boat, 
  unto 
  any 
  person 
  who 
  has 
  l)een 
  

   a 
  resident 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Maryland 
  for 
  at 
  least 
  

   one 
  year, 
  to 
  transfer 
  the 
  said 
  license 
  to 
  said 
  

   vendee 
  with 
  said 
  boat, 
  which 
  license, 
  when 
  

   transferred, 
  shall 
  entitle 
  s.aid 
  vendee 
  with 
  said 
  

   boat 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  privileges 
  for 
  catching 
  oysters 
  

   in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  that 
  the 
  original 
  

   vendor 
  or 
  assignor 
  had 
  before 
  said 
  assignment; 
  

   provided, 
  tlie 
  said 
  vendee 
  and 
  assignee 
  shall 
  

   ax)pear 
  before 
  the 
  Comptroller 
  of 
  the 
  Treasury 
  

   and 
  make 
  oath 
  before 
  him 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  facts, 
  mat- 
  

   ters, 
  things 
  and 
  prerequisites 
  required 
  of 
  said 
  

   original 
  vendor 
  or 
  assignor 
  before 
  taking 
  out 
  

   such 
  licenses, 
  u])on 
  which 
  said 
  license 
  the 
  said 
  

   Comptroller 
  shall 
  certify 
  the 
  fact 
  of 
  said 
  vendee 
  

   or 
  assignee 
  have 
  taken 
  said 
  oath, 
  and 
  for 
  which 
  

   said 
  assignee 
  or 
  vendee 
  shall 
  pay 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  

   five 
  dollars, 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Maryland. 
  

  

  Must 
  be 
  bona 
  

   fide 
  owner. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  4. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  

   such 
  boat 
  shall 
  make 
  oath 
  before 
  the 
  Comp- 
  

   trf>ller 
  or 
  his 
  clerk, 
  or 
  if 
  the 
  owner 
  be 
  a 
  resi- 
  

   dent 
  of 
  Baltimore 
  city, 
  he 
  shall 
  make 
  oath 
  

   before 
  the 
  Clerk 
  of 
  the 
  Court 
  of 
  Common 
  Pleas, 
  

   or 
  if 
  a 
  resident 
  of 
  a 
  county, 
  shall 
  make 
  oath 
  

   before 
  the 
  Clerk 
  of 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  of 
  said 
  

   county, 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  the 
  bona 
  fide 
  owner 
  of 
  such 
  

   boat 
  to 
  be 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  license 
  ; 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  

   been 
  resident 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  for 
  tlu^ 
  time 
  before 
  

   mentioned 
  ; 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  lieii 
  on 
  said 
  })oat 
  

   by 
  a 
  non-resident 
  ; 
  that 
  the 
  said 
  boat 
  is 
  not 
  held 
  

   with 
  an 
  intention 
  to 
  violate 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  

   this 
  law, 
  such 
  applicant 
  shall 
  produce 
  before 
  

   the 
  Comptroller, 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  such 
  application, 
  

   the 
  certificate 
  of 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  such 
  oath, 
  the 
  

   Custom-House 
  enrollment 
  or 
  license 
  of 
  such 
  

   boat 
  : 
  and 
  if 
  such 
  boat 
  is 
  under 
  Custom-House 
  

   tonnage, 
  the 
  owner 
  shall 
  swear 
  as 
  to 
  her 
  ton- 
  

  

  