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bot from using the waters of Wye River and the 
mouth thereof in common. 
Sec. 18. And be it enacted , That each and every 
license to take or catch oysters for sale with rakes 
or tongs shall state the name and residence of the 
person to whom the same is to be granted, the num- 
ber, together with the length, to be obtained by top or 
over-all measurement of the canoe or boat licensed, 
the county in which the same is to be used, and the 
period at which said license will expire; and every 
applicant for such license shall pay to the clerk of 
the court where such license may be granted, and 
before the issuing and delivery of the same, accord- 
ing to the following rates, viz : for any boat meas- 
uring in length twenty feet or less, the sum of two 
dollars ; measuring from twenty to twenty-five feet, 
the sum of three dollars ; measuring from twenty- 
five to thirty feet, the sum of four dollars; and all 
over thirty feet, including sloops under Custom- 
House tonnage, the sum of five dollars each ; and 
all oysters taken with rakes or tongs shall be culled 
upon the natural beds where they are taken ; the 
amount received from tonging license to be paid by 
the clerk to the school commissioners for the public 
schools of the respective counties where such license 
is issued ; provided the sum received from white 
tongers shall go to white schools, and the sum from 
colored tongers to the colored schools. 
Sec. 1 9. And be it enacted , That every applicant 
for license to use any canoe or other boat in taking 
or catching oysters with rakes or tongs shall be re- 
quired to make oath or affirmation before the clerk 
authorized to issue the same, or some justice of the 
peace, on whose certificate of the taking of such 
oath or affirmation the clerk shall issue said license 
that the facts set forth in said license are strictly 
true ; that he has been a bona fide resident of the 
county for the twelve months next preceding his 
application for said license that he desires and in- 
tends to use said canoe or boat only in the county 
in which he resides; that he will not allow the same 
to be used for taking oysters by non-residents of the 
county, and that he will comply with and obey all 
the laws of this State regulating the taking or catch- 
ing of oysters ; and every person to whom such li- 
License to 
State. 
Fee for. 
To make 
oath or af- 
firmation. 
