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PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS. 
License 
for. 
Violating. 
Measure 
to be in- 
spected. 
Repealed 
and re-en- 
acted. | 
Where oys- 
ters may 
be caught. 
person may obtain a license therefor from the Clerk 
of the Court of Common Pleas, by paying therefor 
ten dollars and taking an oath before said clerk for 
the faithful performance of his duty; said license 
shall hold good for one year. A measurer shall re- 
ceive for his services one-half cent per bushel, to be 
paid equally by the buyer and seller. Any person 
or persons violating the provisions of this act shall 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on convic- 
tion, shall be fined not less than twenty nor more 
than fifty dollars for each offence, and imprisoned 
until the fine and costs are paid. 
Sec. 2. The measure provided for in section one 
of this act shall be inspected and stamped by the 
proper officer in the city of Baltimore, and it shall 
be unlawful to use any other measure. Any person 
violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not 
more than fifty dollars for each offence and impris- 
oned until fine and costs are paid ; provided, how- 
ever, that nothing in this act shall be construed to 
apply to oysters shipped in the barrel on any steam- 
boat which are to be sold in the barrel. 
DORCHESTER COUNTY. 
Chapter 81 of Laws of 1872 , which repealed and 
re-enacted with amendments Chapter 129 Laws of 
1870, as repealed and re-enacted by Chapter 214 
Laws of 1874, which is repealed and re-enacted 
by Chapter 325 Laws of 1878. 
Laws of 1878, Chapter 325. 
Section 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assem- 
bly of Maryland , That the act passed at the Jan- 
uary session, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, 
relating to catching oysters with scoops or light 
dredge in the waters of Dorchester county, be and 
the same is thereby repealed and re-enacted to read 
as follows : 
Sec. 2. And be it enacted , That it shall be lawful 
for citizens of Dorchester County to catch oysters 
with scoop or light dredge in boats not exceeding 
ten tons burthen, according to rules of Custom House 
measurement, in Honga river, Hooper’s straits, Par 
