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PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS. 
Furnish 
blank cer- 
tificates. 
Length of 
figures. 
Fine for 
violation. 
How con- 
strued. 
son making the arrest and the other half monthly 
to the County Commissioners of the county ; and 
the said County Commissioners are hereby author- 
ized to use such money, together with the sums re- 
ceived for license under this act, which sums the 
clerk is hereby directed to pay over monthly to the 
said County Commissioners, after deducting there- 
from his usual fees for issuing license, in providing 
proper police officers for the proper enforcement of 
the provisions of this act; and, in case of a surplus 
remaining over at the end of each tiscal year of the 
county, it shall be placed to the credit of the school 
fund of said county. 
Sec. 7. And be it enacted , That the said County 
Commissioners of each county shall, before the first 
day of August in each year, furnish the clerk of each 
of their respective counties two hundred blank cer- 
tificates of license, to be filled up by said clerks with 
the description of the boat and crew and number of 
the boat, and name of the person obtaining the li- 
cense ; and all boats licensed under this act shall 
have the number of said license painted on each side 
of the bow of such boat, in black figures, to be on a 
white ground of a size not less than five inches in 
length ; and also painted upon two pieces of canvas, 
one of which shall be sewed upon the starboard side 
of the jib and the other upon the port side of the 
mainsail of such boat, and such figures shall not be 
less than seven inches in length ; and the licenses for 
Talbot county shall be numbered from one upwards ; 
and those for Dorchester county from two hundred 
upwards. 
Sec. 8. And be it enacted , That any person who 
shall violate any of the provisions of the preceding 
sections shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and, upon conviction thereof by any judge of the 
Circuit Court, or a justice of the peace for either of 
said counties before whom such case may be tried, 
shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than 
one hundred dollars, or forfeit the boat or vessel in 
possession of the party offending, together with the 
papers, furniture and tackle on board, in the discre- 
tion of the judge or justice hearing such case. 
' Sec. 9. And be it enacted , That nothing in this 
act shall be construed to prevent the residents of 
