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upon the starboard side and in the middle of that 
part of the main sail which is above the close reef, 
and the other number on the port side and in the 
middle part of the jib which is above the ‘bonnet 
and reef; these numbers shall he placed in an up- 
right position and worn at all times during the 
dredging season, and shall not be concealed or de- 
faced, and no other number shall be exposed to view 
or used than that which is furnished by the Comp- 
troller. Any captain who shall violate the provisions 
in this section shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and upon conviction in any Circuit Court 
of this State shall he fined not less than fifty nor 
more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in 
the jail of the county where the case is tried not 
more than six months, in the discretion of the court ; 
provided the court or jury trying the same shall be 
convinced that the provisions of this section have 
been intentionally violated. 
Sec. 17. And be it enacted, That any resident of 
this State desiring to use any canoe or other boat 
in catching or taking oysters, for sale, with rakes or 
tongs, in any of the waters of this State, shall first 
obtain, by application to the clerk of the Circuit 
Court for the county wherein he may reside, a li- 
cense therefor, and such license shall have effect 
from the first day of June in the year in which it 
may have been obtained, to the first day 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, river, inlet, 
bay or sound within the limits of any county other 
than that wherein the license shall have been granted, 
and that the boundaries of counties bordering on 
navigable waters shall be strictly construed, so as not 
to permit the residents of either county to take or 
catch oysters beyond the middle of the dividing 
channel ; provided that nothing in this section shall 
be so construed as to prevent the citizens of Calvert 
and St. Mary’s counties from using the waters of the 
Patuxent River in common, or the citizens of Queen 
Anne and Kent from using the waters of the^Chester 
River in common, or the citizens of Dorchester and 
Wicomico from using the waters of the K anticoke 
in common, or the citizens of Queen Anne and Tal- 
