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good for one year, but shall only authorize the 

 catching of oysters between the fifteenth day 

 of October and the first day of April, but it 

 shall be lawful for the owner of any such boat 

 licensed, whenever said owner shall sell and 

 convey by bill of sale for a bona fide considera- 

 tion, said boat, unto any person who has been 

 a resident of the State of Maryland for at least 

 one year, to transfer the said license to said 

 vendee with said boat, which license, when 

 transferred, shall entitle said vendee with said 

 boat to the same privileges for catching oysters 

 in the waters of this State, that the original 

 vendor or assignor had before said assignment ; 

 provided, the said vendee and assignee shall 

 appear before the Comptroller of the Treasury 

 and make oath before him to all the facts, mat- 

 ters, things and prerequisites required of said 

 original vendor or assignor before taking out 

 such licenses, upon which said license the said 

 Make oath of Comptroller shall certify the fact of said vendee 

 or assignee have taken said oath, and for which 

 said assignee or vendee shall pay the sum of 

 five dollars, to be paid to the State of Maryland. 



Right to 

 transfer li- 

 cense. 



facts 



Sec. 4. And he it enacted^ That the owner of 

 such boat shall make oath before the Comp- 

 fidl^'owner^^"'' troller or his clerk, or if the owner be a resi- 

 dent of Baltimore city, he shall make oath 

 before the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, 

 or if a resident of a county, shall make oath 

 before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of said 

 county, that he is the bona fide owner of such 

 boat to be described in the license ; that he has 

 been resident of the State for the time before 

 mentioned ; that there is no lien on said boat 

 by a non-resident ; that the said boat is not held 

 with an intention to violate the provisions of 

 this law, such applicant shall produce before 

 the Comptroller, at the time of such application, 

 the certificate of the taking of such oath, the 

 Custom-House enrollment or license of such 

 boat ; and if such boat is under Custom-House 

 tonnage, the owner shall swear as to her ton- 



