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bay, and that part of Fishing bay which lies to the 
southward and westward of a straight line drawn 
from the middle of the mouth of Tedious creek 
to Clay Island Light House, and in all the waters 
to the southward and eastward of Clay island, in 
Dorchester county, and adjoining the Wicomico 
lines up to Sandy island ; provided that no boat or 
boats licensed under the provisions of this act shall 
work within two hundred yards of the shore ; and 
the Board of County Commissioners for Dorchester 
county shall purchase two buoys of proper size and 
have them properly anchored on said straight line 
between Tedious creek and Clay Island Light House, 
and the captain of the oyster sloop of the second 
district shall place them in position. 
Sec. 3. And be it enacted , That the residents of 
said county be allowed to catch oysters with scoop 
or light dredge in the waters above named, by ob- 
taining from the Clerk of the Circuit Court for said 
county, a license, which shall have effect from the 
first of September to the first of the next ensuing 
September of each year, and provided that said li- 
cense shall not authorize the taking of oysters, as 
aforesaid, between the first day of May and the fif- 
teenth day of September. 
Sec. 4. And be it enacted , That every license to 
catch oysters with scoop or light dredge shall state 
the name and residence of the person to whom the 
same is to be granted, the number beginning with 
two hundred, together with the full or true tonnage 
of said boat or vessel, according to the rule of Cus- 
tom House measurement, and every owner of a boat 
or vessel shall pay two dollars per ton for every ton 
said boat or vessel shall measure according to Cus- 
tom House rule of measurement. 
Sec. 5. And be it enacted , That the Board of 
School Commissioners of Dorchester county shall 
appoint a competent person to measure all boats 
and vessels under ten tons licensed under this act, 
according to the rules of measurement now in use 
by the Custom House of the United States. 
Sec. 6 . And be it enacted , That the measurer ap- 
pointed under this act shall enter into bonds to Dor- 
chester county, in the sum of five hundred dollars, 
for the faithful performance of his duty, and shall 
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