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of June next succeeding ; provided that such 

 license shall not authorize the use of said canoe 

 or boat in taking or catching oysters in any 

 creek, cove, inlet, ba}' or sound within the lim- 

 its of any county other than that wherein the 

 license shall have been issued. 



Sec. 10. And he it enacted^ That each and 

 every license to catch oysters, for sale, with 



tongs 



or rakes in the waters of the Potomac 

 River, shall state the name and residence of 

 the person to whom the same is granted, the 

 number and length of the canoe or boat by top 

 or over-all measurement, the county in which 

 the same is to be used, and the period at which 

 said license will expire ; said license shall also 

 state that the holder thereof is, by virtue of 

 said license, authorized and required to make, 

 or assist in making, arrest of any persons, and 

 seize any boats, vessels and equipments engaged 

 in violating the provisions of this act. For 

 such license the applicant shall pay to the Clerk 

 of the Circuit Court issuing the same as fol- 

 lows : For a boat or canoe measuring in length 

 twenty f e et or less the sum of two dollars ; for 

 a boat or canoe twenty to twenty-five feet in 

 length the sum of three dollars ; for a boat or 

 canoe twenty -live to thirty feet in length the 

 sum of four dollars ; for a boat or canoe over 

 thirty feet in length the sum of five dollars ; 

 and fc^r sloops under Custom House measure- 

 ment the sum of six dollars. And all oysters 

 taken shall be culled upon the naturaf beds 

 where they are taken. The amount received 

 from tonging licenses shall be paid by the Clerk 

 to the School Commissioners for the Public 

 Schools of the respective counties where such 

 licenses are issued, provided the sum received 

 from white tongers shall be applied to the white 

 school fund, and the sum from the colored 

 t(mgers to the colored school fund. No license 

 to tongers under the provisions of this act shall 

 authorize the catching of oysters for sale dur- 

 ing the months of April, May, June, July and 

 August. And any person or persons violating the 



State name 

 and residence. 



Amount 

 be paid. 



to 



