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  Sec. 
  12. 
  And 
  he 
  it 
  enacted, 
  That 
  every 
  li- 
  

   censed 
  tongei', 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  tin's 
  act, 
  

   shall 
  paint 
  the 
  nuni])er 
  of 
  his 
  l)oat 
  or 
  canoe 
  on 
  

   the 
  ontside 
  thereof, 
  near 
  the 
  gunwale, 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  bow, 
  in 
  black 
  figures 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  

   than 
  four 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  of 
  proportion- 
  

   ate 
  width, 
  in 
  a 
  white 
  ground, 
  and 
  no 
  number 
  

   other 
  than 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  license 
  sliall 
  be 
  exposed 
  

   to 
  view 
  on 
  said 
  canoe 
  or 
  boat 
  ; 
  and 
  any 
  person 
  

   failing 
  to 
  comply 
  with 
  this 
  provision, 
  before 
  

   using 
  said 
  l)oat 
  or 
  canoe 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  afore- 
  

   said, 
  shall 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  

   live 
  dollars, 
  and 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  ten 
  dollars, 
  to 
  

   be 
  recovered 
  and 
  paid 
  over 
  as 
  provided 
  in 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  eleven 
  of 
  this 
  act. 
  

  

  Paint 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  boat. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  13. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  if 
  any 
  per- 
  

   son 
  shall 
  use 
  any 
  boat 
  or 
  canoe 
  not 
  licensed, 
  as 
  

   provided 
  by 
  this 
  act, 
  in 
  catching 
  oysters 
  with 
  

   rakes 
  or 
  tongs, 
  for 
  sale, 
  he 
  shall 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  a 
  

   line 
  of 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  ten 
  dollars 
  and 
  not 
  more 
  

   than 
  tifty 
  dollars, 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  lien 
  on 
  the 
  boat 
  or 
  

   canoe 
  of 
  the 
  offender, 
  to 
  be 
  recovered 
  and 
  i)aid 
  

   over 
  as 
  provided 
  in 
  section 
  eleven 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  ; 
  

   and 
  if 
  said 
  line 
  be 
  not 
  paid 
  he 
  shall 
  be 
  impris- 
  

   oned 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  jail 
  for 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  two 
  nor 
  

   more 
  than 
  six 
  months. 
  

  

  Fine 
  and 
  lien 
  

  

  on 
  boat. 
  

  

  Sec. 
  14. 
  And 
  ht- 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  the 
  Couip- 
  

   troller 
  shall 
  cause 
  to 
  be 
  printed 
  and 
  delivered 
  

   to 
  the 
  Clerks 
  of 
  the 
  Circuit 
  Courts 
  of 
  the 
  coun- 
  

   ties 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River, 
  the 
  re- 
  

   quisite 
  number 
  of 
  such 
  blank 
  licenses 
  as 
  are 
  

   required 
  by 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  and 
  said 
  

   Clerks 
  shall, 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  >r(»ndays 
  of 
  March 
  

   and 
  December 
  in 
  each 
  year, 
  rctmn 
  to 
  the 
  Comp- 
  

   troller 
  a 
  list 
  ;ind 
  account 
  of 
  such 
  licenses 
  issued 
  

   by 
  them 
  : 
  and 
  no 
  license 
  to 
  catch 
  oysters 
  with 
  

   rakes 
  or 
  tongs 
  shall 
  be 
  issued 
  to 
  any 
  br)at 
  or 
  

   vessel 
  which 
  is 
  licensed 
  to 
  take 
  oysters 
  with 
  

   scoop, 
  dredge, 
  drag, 
  or 
  any 
  similar 
  implement. 
  

  

  Si<:c. 
  15. 
  And 
  be 
  it 
  enacted. 
  That 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  

   unlawful 
  for 
  any 
  person 
  to 
  catch 
  oysters 
  on 
  

   Sunday 
  oi- 
  at 
  night 
  with 
  scoop, 
  dredge, 
  drag 
  or 
  

  

  Deliver 
  blank 
  

   licenses. 
  

  

  Unlawful. 
  

  

  