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Dorchester county, who have been licensed to catch 
oysters in the waters of Fishing bay and Hungary 
river with scrapers, from enjoying the privileges of 
this act. 
Sec. 10. And be it enacted , That the Board of 
County Commissioners of Talbot County shall ap- 
point a competent person to measure all canoes or 
other boats authorized to catch oysters under this 
act in the waters of Talbot county, according to the 
rule now in use by the Custom House of the United 
States, said measurer to receive as a fee for his ser- 
vices fifty cents per ton for each ton the boat may 
measure, to enter into bond to the county aforesaid, 
in the sum of five hundred dollars for the faithful 
performance of his duty, and to hold his office dur- 
ing the term of said commissioners. 
Sec. 11 . And be it enacted , That any resident of 
said counties desiring to use any canoe or other boat 
in catching or taking oysters for sale with rakes or 
tongs in the said Choptank river, shall first obtain, 
by application to the Clerks of the Circuit Courts of 
said counties, a license 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 succeeding, and shall authorize the use 
of said canoe or boat in taking or catching oysters 
on either, side of the dividing channel of said river 
for sale to any person ; provided that nothing herein 
contained shall be so construed as to conflict with 
the rights of owners or occupants of lands bordering 
on said river as are secured and protected under ex- 
isting laws. 
CALVERT COUHTY. 
Laws of 1870, Chapter 188. 
Section 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly 
of Maryland , That it shall be unlawful for any per- 
son or persons to catch oysters for sale in the waters 
of Saint Leonard’s Creek, Island Creek and Battle 
Creek, in Calvert county, except persons who have 
imbedded or planted, or who may hereafter imbed 
or plant oysters in said waters. 
Sec. 2. And be it enacted , That on information 
given under oath of any violation of this act to any 
Appoint' 
measurer. 
Must ob-' 
tain license 
Not to 
catch, oys- 
ters. 
