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  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  sliall 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  like 
  

   j)enalties 
  as 
  are 
  prescribed 
  by 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   sections 
  of 
  tliis 
  act. 
  

  

  Required 
  

   make 
  oath. 
  

  

  Penalty 
  

   violation. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  11. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  every 
  ap- 
  

   plicant 
  for 
  license 
  under 
  this 
  act, 
  to 
  use 
  any 
  

   canoe 
  or 
  other 
  boat, 
  in 
  catching 
  oysters 
  for 
  

   sale, 
  with 
  rakes 
  or 
  tongs, 
  shall 
  be 
  required 
  to 
  

   make 
  oath 
  or 
  alfirniation, 
  before 
  the 
  clerk 
  au- 
  

   thorized 
  to 
  issue 
  the 
  same, 
  or 
  some 
  Justice 
  of 
  

   the 
  Peace 
  of 
  the 
  county, 
  on 
  whose 
  certificate 
  

   of 
  the 
  taking 
  such 
  oath 
  or 
  affirmation 
  the 
  clerk 
  

   shall 
  issue 
  such 
  license; 
  said 
  oath 
  or 
  affirmation 
  

   shall 
  assert 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  resident-citizen 
  

   of 
  the 
  county 
  for 
  the 
  twelve 
  months 
  next 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  his 
  api)licati(m, 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  boat 
  

   or 
  canoe 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  ; 
  that 
  he 
  is 
  the 
  bona 
  fide 
  

   owner 
  of 
  said 
  boat 
  or 
  canoe 
  ; 
  that 
  he 
  will 
  not 
  

   violate 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  ; 
  that 
  he 
  will 
  

   arrest 
  and 
  seize, 
  or 
  assist 
  in 
  arresting 
  and 
  seiz- 
  

   ing 
  all 
  persons 
  and 
  boats, 
  vessels 
  and 
  equip- 
  

   ments 
  engaged 
  in 
  violating 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  

   this 
  act, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  7iiay 
  in 
  his 
  power 
  to 
  do 
  so, 
  

   and 
  that 
  he 
  will 
  not 
  employ 
  or 
  permit 
  any 
  per- 
  

   son 
  to 
  use 
  his 
  boat 
  or 
  canoe 
  so 
  licensed, 
  on 
  hire 
  

   or 
  shares, 
  who 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  a 
  bona 
  fide 
  resident 
  

   citizen 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  for 
  the 
  twelve 
  months 
  

   next 
  preceding 
  such 
  em])loyment 
  or 
  permission 
  

   to 
  use, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  will 
  inform 
  against 
  and 
  

   prosecute 
  all 
  persons 
  who 
  shall 
  violate 
  this 
  or 
  

   any 
  otlier 
  provision 
  of 
  this 
  act. 
  The 
  penalty 
  

   for 
  violating 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  shall 
  be 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  ten 
  dollars, 
  nor 
  more 
  

   than 
  fifty 
  dollars, 
  to 
  be 
  recovered 
  before 
  a 
  Jus- 
  

   tice 
  of 
  the 
  Peace 
  of 
  the 
  county, 
  and 
  said 
  fine 
  

   and 
  costs 
  of 
  prosecution 
  shall 
  be 
  a 
  lien 
  upon 
  

   the 
  boat 
  and 
  equixnnents 
  of 
  the 
  offending 
  party, 
  

   which, 
  unless 
  paid 
  v\ithin 
  ten 
  days 
  after 
  judg- 
  

   ment, 
  shall 
  be 
  sold 
  under 
  orders 
  and 
  notice 
  

   prescribed 
  by 
  the 
  Justice 
  of 
  the 
  Peace 
  for 
  the 
  

   payment 
  of 
  such 
  fine 
  and 
  costs, 
  one-half 
  of 
  

   such 
  fine 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  County 
  School 
  Com- 
  

   missioners, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  half 
  to 
  the 
  informer. 
  

  

  