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  the 
  provitsioiis 
  of 
  tliis 
  section, 
  ylinll 
  be 
  deemed 
  

   guilty 
  of 
  a 
  iiiisdeiiieanor, 
  and 
  upon 
  conviction 
  

   in 
  any 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  in 
  this 
  State, 
  or 
  before 
  a 
  

   Justice 
  of 
  the 
  Peace, 
  shall 
  be 
  fined 
  not 
  less 
  

   than 
  fifty 
  dollars, 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  hundred 
  

   dollais, 
  or 
  imprisoned 
  in 
  tlie 
  House 
  of 
  Correc- 
  

   tion, 
  for 
  a 
  i>eriod 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  three 
  months, 
  

   nor 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  years 
  : 
  jn-ovided, 
  the 
  Court 
  

   or 
  Justice 
  of 
  the 
  Peace 
  trying 
  the 
  same, 
  shall 
  

   be 
  convinced 
  that 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  

   have 
  been 
  intentionally 
  violated. 
  

  

  _ 
  Must 
  obtain 
  

   license. 
  

  

  Sko. 
  17. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  eiiacted, 
  That 
  any 
  resi- 
  

   dent 
  of 
  this 
  ^^tate, 
  desiring 
  to 
  use 
  any 
  canoe 
  

   or 
  other 
  ]>oat, 
  in 
  catching 
  or 
  taking 
  oysters 
  

   with 
  rakes 
  or 
  tongs 
  for 
  sale, 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   waters 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  shall 
  first 
  obtain, 
  by 
  ap- 
  

   plication 
  to 
  the 
  Clerk 
  of 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  of 
  

   the 
  county 
  wlieiein 
  he 
  may 
  reside, 
  a 
  license 
  

   therefor, 
  and 
  sucli 
  license 
  shall 
  have 
  effect 
  from 
  

   the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  June, 
  in 
  The 
  year 
  in 
  wliich 
  they 
  

   may 
  have 
  been 
  obtaiiied. 
  to 
  th*- 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  

   June 
  next 
  succeeding 
  ; 
  ])rovided, 
  that 
  such 
  

   license 
  shall 
  not 
  authorize 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  said 
  canoe 
  

   or 
  boat 
  in 
  taking 
  or 
  catching 
  oysters 
  in 
  any 
  

   creek, 
  cove, 
  river, 
  inlet, 
  bay 
  or 
  sound 
  -within 
  

   the 
  limits 
  of 
  any 
  county, 
  other 
  than 
  that 
  

   to 
  be"st'dctty 
  wherein 
  the 
  license 
  shall 
  have 
  been 
  granted, 
  

   construed. 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  l>oundaries 
  of 
  counties 
  bordering 
  

   on 
  navigable 
  waters, 
  shall 
  be 
  strictly 
  construed 
  

   so 
  as 
  not 
  t'» 
  permit 
  the 
  residentsot 
  either 
  county 
  

   to 
  take 
  or 
  catch 
  oysters 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  (jf 
  

   the 
  dividing 
  cliannel; 
  provided, 
  that 
  nothing 
  

   in 
  this 
  sec:tion 
  shall 
  be 
  so 
  construed 
  as 
  to 
  pre- 
  

   vent 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  St. 
  Marj^'s 
  and 
  Calvert 
  

   counties 
  from 
  using 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Patuxent 
  

   river 
  in 
  common, 
  or 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  Queen 
  Anne's 
  

   and 
  Kent 
  counties 
  from 
  using 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  

   Chester 
  river 
  in 
  common, 
  or 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  

   Dorchester 
  and 
  \\'icomico 
  counties 
  frf)m 
  using 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Nanticoke 
  rivei' 
  in 
  common, 
  

   or 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  Queen 
  Anne's 
  and 
  Tall)ot 
  

   counties 
  from 
  using 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Wye 
  river 
  

   and 
  the 
  mouth 
  thereof 
  in 
  common, 
  or 
  citizens 
  

  

  