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PUBLIC GENEKAL LAWS. 
Time in 
force. 
Transfer. 
Make oath. 
Make oath. 
this State; which license shall hold good for one 
year, but shall only authorize the catching of oysters 
between the first of October and the first of May; 
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 consideration, said boat 
unto any person who has been a resident of the State 
of Maryland for at least one year, to tranfer 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, matters, things and prerequisites 
required of said original vendor or assignor before 
taking out such license, upon which said license said 
Comptroller shall certify the fact of said vendee or 
assignee having 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. 
Laws of 1876, Chapter 380. 
Sec. 3. And be it enacted , That the owner of 
such boat shall make oath before the Comptroller or 
his clerk, or before the Clerk of the Circuit Court 
of the county in which he shall reside, or if he re- 
sides in the City of Baltimore, before the Clerk of 
the Court of Common Pleas in said city, that he is 
the. bona fide owner of such boat to be described in 
the license; that he has been a resident of the State 
for the time beforementioned; that there is no lien 
on said boat held by a non-resident; that the said 
boat is not held with an intention to violate the pro- 
vions of this article, such applicant shall produce 
before the Comptroller or the said clerk at the time 
of such application Custom-House enrollment or 
license of such boat, and if such boat is under Cus- 
tom-House tonnage, the owner shall swear as to her 
tonnage, the master of such boat shall make oath 
before the Comptroller or clerk aforesaid, that he 
has been a resident of the State of Maryland for 
twelve months next preceding the time of taking 
such oath, and in all cases where such oath shall be 
