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  mtie 
  

   waters 
  of 
  the 
  Choptank 
  river 
  in 
  common. 
  

  

  of 
  Dorchester 
  or 
  Talbot 
  counties 
  from 
  using 
  the 
  

  

  name 
  

  

  Sec. 
  18. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted^ 
  That 
  each 
  and 
  

   every 
  license 
  to 
  take 
  or 
  catch 
  oysters 
  for 
  sale, 
  state 
  

   with 
  rakes 
  or 
  tongs, 
  shall 
  state 
  the 
  name 
  and 
  ^"^ 
  residence 
  

   residence 
  of 
  the 
  person 
  to 
  whom 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  to 
  

   be 
  granted, 
  the 
  number, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  length 
  

   to 
  be 
  obtained 
  by 
  top 
  or 
  over 
  all, 
  measurement 
  

   of 
  the 
  canoe 
  or 
  boat 
  licensed, 
  the 
  county 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  and 
  the 
  period 
  at 
  

   which 
  said 
  license 
  will 
  expire, 
  and 
  every 
  ap- 
  

   plicant 
  for 
  such 
  license 
  shall 
  pay 
  to 
  the 
  Clerk 
  

   of 
  the 
  Court 
  where 
  such 
  license 
  may 
  be 
  granted, 
  

   and 
  before 
  the 
  issuing 
  and 
  deliver}^ 
  of 
  the 
  same, 
  

   according 
  to 
  the 
  ff)llowing 
  rates, 
  viz 
  : 
  For 
  any 
  charged 
  '° 
  ^* 
  

   boat 
  measuring 
  in 
  length 
  twenty 
  i'eet 
  or 
  less, 
  

   the 
  sum 
  of 
  two 
  dollars; 
  measuring 
  from 
  twenty 
  

   to 
  twenty-five 
  feet, 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  three 
  d<^llars 
  ; 
  

   measuring 
  from 
  twenty-five 
  to 
  thirty 
  feet, 
  the 
  

   sum 
  of 
  four 
  dollars 
  ; 
  and 
  all 
  over 
  thirty 
  feet, 
  

   including 
  sloops 
  under 
  Custom 
  Hf)ase 
  tonnage, 
  

   the 
  sum 
  of 
  live 
  dollars 
  each, 
  and 
  all 
  oysters 
  

   taken 
  with 
  rakes 
  or 
  tongs 
  shall 
  be 
  culled 
  upon 
  

   the 
  natural 
  beds 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  taken 
  ; 
  the 
  

   amount 
  received 
  from 
  tonging 
  license 
  to 
  be 
  

   paid 
  by 
  the 
  Clerk 
  to 
  the 
  School 
  Commissioners, 
  

   for 
  the 
  public 
  schools 
  in 
  the 
  respective 
  coun- 
  

   ties 
  where 
  such 
  license 
  is 
  issued; 
  provided, 
  the 
  

   sum 
  received 
  from 
  white 
  tongers 
  shall 
  go 
  to 
  

   white 
  schools, 
  and 
  the 
  sum 
  from 
  coloi'ed 
  tong- 
  

   ers 
  shall 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  colored 
  schools. 
  

  

  ■ 
  Sec. 
  19. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted^ 
  That 
  every 
  ap- 
  

   plicant 
  for 
  license 
  to 
  use 
  any 
  canoe 
  or 
  other 
  Make 
  oath 
  or 
  

   boat 
  in 
  taking 
  or 
  catching 
  oysters 
  with 
  rakes 
  =*ffi'^'"^"°"- 
  

   or 
  tongs, 
  shall 
  be 
  required 
  to 
  make 
  oath 
  or 
  

   affirmation 
  before 
  the 
  clerk 
  authorized 
  to 
  issue 
  

   the 
  same, 
  or 
  some 
  Justice 
  of 
  the 
  Peace, 
  on 
  

   whose 
  certificate 
  of 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  su(*h 
  oath 
  or 
  

   affirmation 
  the 
  clerk 
  shall 
  issue 
  said 
  license 
  ; 
  

   tliat 
  the 
  facts 
  set 
  forth 
  in 
  said 
  license 
  are 
  

   strictly 
  true 
  ; 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  ])ona 
  fide 
  resi- 
  

   dent 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  for 
  the 
  twelve 
  months 
  next 
  

  

  