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  license. 
  

  

  tion 
  of 
  any 
  person 
  who 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  resident- 
  

   citizen 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  for 
  twelve 
  months 
  next 
  issue 
  license, 
  

   preceding 
  such 
  application, 
  and 
  who 
  is 
  the 
  bona 
  

   tide 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  boat 
  or 
  vessel 
  sought 
  to 
  be 
  

   licensed, 
  and 
  to 
  no 
  other 
  person, 
  issue 
  a 
  license 
  

   to 
  use 
  such 
  boat 
  or 
  vessel 
  in 
  catching 
  oysters 
  

   with 
  sco<^p, 
  dredge, 
  drag 
  or 
  similar 
  implement 
  

   wdthin 
  such 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River 
  

   as 
  are 
  not 
  prohibited 
  by 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  

   act, 
  which 
  license 
  shall 
  hold 
  good 
  for 
  one 
  year, 
  

   but 
  shall 
  only 
  authorize 
  the 
  catching 
  of 
  oysters 
  

   between 
  the 
  fifteenth 
  day 
  of 
  October 
  and 
  the 
  

   lirst 
  day 
  of 
  April 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  lawful 
  for 
  the 
  

   licensed 
  owner 
  of 
  any 
  such 
  boat, 
  whenever 
  such 
  

   owner 
  shall 
  sell 
  and 
  convey 
  by 
  bill 
  of 
  sale 
  for 
  a 
  

   bona 
  fide 
  consideration 
  said 
  boat 
  to 
  any 
  person 
  .. 
  May 
  transfer 
  

   who 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  resident 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  for 
  the 
  

   twelve 
  consecutive 
  months 
  next 
  preceding 
  such 
  

   sale, 
  to 
  transfer 
  the 
  said 
  license 
  to 
  said 
  vendee 
  

   with 
  said 
  boat, 
  which 
  license, 
  when 
  so 
  trans- 
  

   ferred, 
  shall 
  entitle 
  said 
  vendee 
  with 
  said 
  boat 
  

   to 
  the 
  same 
  { 
  privileges 
  for 
  catching 
  oysters 
  in 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River 
  that 
  the 
  ven- 
  

   dor 
  had 
  before 
  such 
  sale, 
  provided 
  that 
  said 
  

   vendee 
  shall 
  appear 
  before 
  the 
  Comptroller 
  of 
  

   the 
  Treasury 
  and 
  make 
  oath 
  before 
  him 
  to 
  all 
  

   the 
  facts, 
  matters, 
  things 
  and 
  prerequisites 
  re- 
  

   quired 
  of 
  said 
  original 
  vendor 
  l^efore 
  taking- 
  

   out 
  such 
  license, 
  upon 
  wliich 
  said 
  license 
  said 
  

   Comptroller 
  shall 
  certify 
  the 
  fact 
  of 
  said 
  vendee 
  cenify 
  to 
  fact 
  

   having 
  taken 
  said 
  oath, 
  and 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  said 
  

   vendee 
  shall 
  pay 
  tlie 
  sum 
  of 
  live 
  dollars, 
  to 
  be 
  

   paid 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Maryland. 
  

  

  of 
  oath. 
  

  

  Skc. 
  8. 
  And 
  be 
  It 
  enacted. 
  That 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  

   such 
  boat 
  shall 
  make 
  oath 
  before 
  the 
  Comptroller 
  

   or 
  his 
  chn-k 
  that 
  W 
  is 
  the 
  bona 
  fide 
  owner 
  of 
  

   sucli 
  l)oat 
  to 
  be 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  license: 
  that 
  

   he 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  resident 
  citizen 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  for 
  

   the 
  timebeforementi(med 
  ; 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  lien 
  

   on 
  said 
  boat 
  held 
  by 
  a 
  non-resident, 
  and 
  that 
  

   said 
  itoat 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  vif)lati7ig 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   visions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  : 
  such 
  applicant 
  shall 
  exhil)it 
  

   to 
  the 
  Comj)troller 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  sucli 
  appHca- 
  

  

  Not 
  to 
  vio- 
  

   late 
  the 
  provis- 
  

   ions 
  of 
  this 
  act. 
  

  

  