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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 

 fide 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 scoop, dredge, drag or similar implement 

 within 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 

 first 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 m onths 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 jrivileges 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 which said license said 

 Comptroller shall certify the fact of said vendee Certify to fact 

 having taken said oath, and for which the said 

 vendee shall pay the sum of five dollars, to be 

 paid to the State of Maryland. 



of oath. 



Sec. 8. And he it enacted, Tliat the ownier of 

 such boat shall make oath be fore the Comptroller 

 or his clerk that he is the bona lide owner of 

 such boat to be described in the lirrense : that 

 he has been a resident- citizen of the State for 

 the timebeforementioned ; that there is no lien 

 cm said boat ]ield hy a non-resident, and that 

 said boat shall not be used in violating' the pro- 

 visi(ms of this act ; such apx)licant shall exliibit 

 to the Comptroller at the time of su(^h applica- 



Not to vio- 

 late the provis- 

 ions of this act. 



