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  tion 
  the 
  Custom 
  House 
  enrollment 
  or 
  license 
  of 
  

   such 
  boat, 
  and 
  if 
  sucli 
  boat 
  is 
  under 
  Custom 
  

   House 
  tonnage 
  shall 
  swear 
  to 
  her 
  tonnage. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  4. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted 
  . 
  That 
  before 
  grant- 
  

   ing 
  such 
  license 
  the 
  Comptroller 
  shall 
  receive 
  

   for 
  it 
  from 
  such 
  applicant 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  three 
  

   dollars 
  per 
  ton 
  for 
  every 
  ton 
  the 
  boat 
  may 
  

   exhibu"ed.'°''^ 
  measure 
  ; 
  said 
  license 
  shall 
  be 
  exhibited 
  when- 
  

   ever 
  called 
  for 
  by 
  any 
  officer 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   Fishery 
  force 
  or 
  any 
  i)erson 
  having 
  a 
  right 
  

   under 
  the 
  provision 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  to 
  make 
  arrests 
  

   and 
  seizures 
  for 
  violating 
  any 
  of 
  its 
  provisions. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  5. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  no 
  person 
  or 
  

   boat 
  licensed 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  

   shall 
  take 
  or 
  catch, 
  or 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  taking 
  or 
  

   catching 
  oysters 
  with 
  scoop, 
  dredge, 
  drag 
  or 
  

   Depth 
  of 
  wa- 
  siii^il^i' 
  Implement, 
  in 
  any 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Poto- 
  

   ters. 
  niac 
  River 
  of 
  less 
  than 
  twelve 
  feet 
  in 
  depth, 
  

  

  nor 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  said 
  river 
  lietween 
  

   the 
  Maryland 
  shore 
  and 
  straight 
  lines 
  as 
  fol 
  

   lows 
  : 
  From 
  the 
  most 
  eastern 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  

   headland 
  known 
  as 
  Posey's 
  Bluff, 
  to 
  a 
  buoy 
  

   near 
  the 
  southern 
  or 
  south-eastern 
  point 
  or 
  

   prong 
  of 
  Herron 
  Island 
  l^ar, 
  thenre 
  to 
  Black- 
  

   istone's 
  Island 
  Light 
  House, 
  thence 
  to 
  a 
  buoy 
  

   near 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  Cobb 
  Point 
  Bar. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  6. 
  And 
  t>e 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  if 
  any 
  person 
  

   or 
  persons 
  having 
  been 
  licensed 
  under 
  this 
  act 
  

   to 
  catch 
  oysters 
  with 
  scoop, 
  dredge, 
  drag 
  or 
  

   similar 
  implement, 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Poto- 
  

   mac 
  river, 
  shall 
  violate 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  sections, 
  such 
  person 
  or 
  pei'sons 
  shall 
  

   be 
  lial)le 
  to 
  ai'rest, 
  and 
  \\w 
  boats, 
  vessels 
  and 
  

   equipments 
  used 
  shall 
  be 
  seized, 
  and 
  upon 
  proof 
  

   of 
  such 
  violation 
  before 
  a 
  Justice 
  of 
  the 
  Peace 
  

   or 
  a 
  Judge 
  of 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Court 
  for 
  the 
  county 
  

   nearest 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  such 
  violati(m, 
  cm 
  arrest 
  

   and 
  seizure 
  shall 
  be 
  fined 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  fifty 
  dol- 
  

   lars 
  nor 
  more 
  than 
  tliree 
  liundred 
  dollars; 
  and 
  

   said 
  fines 
  and 
  all 
  costs 
  of 
  jn'osecution 
  sluill 
  be 
  a 
  

   lien 
  ontheboats, 
  vessels 
  and 
  equipments, 
  which, 
  

  

  Liable 
  to 
  ar- 
  

   rest. 
  

  

  