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Anne’s and Kent; and that the boundaries of the 
counties bordering on navigable water shall be 
strictly construed so as not to permit the residents 
of either of these counties to take or catch oysters 
beyond the channel of the creeks or rivers lying be* 
tween these and other contiguous counties; and pro* 
mded further , that this act shall not authorize the 
taking or catching of oysters from grounds already 
located or appropriated tor the purpose of preserving, 
depositing or bedding the same in the waters of 
said counties, under the provisions of the General 
Laws. 
QUEEN ANNE’S COUNTY, 
Zmjbs of 1876, Chapter 381. 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly 
of Maryland , That the following lines, to wit : from 
the south point of Wye Island to the southeast point 
of Bennett’s Point, thence to the south point of Par- 
son’s Island, be and the same are hereby established 
as a boundary for the protection of the oyster 
grounds in that branch of Wye river known as 
u Back Wye,” and the oyster grounds lying on the 
land or Queen Anne’s side of that part of said bound- 
ary extending from the south east point of Bennett’s 
Point to the south point of Parson’s Island. 
Sec. 2. And be it enacted , That it shall not be 
lawful for any non-resident of Queen Anne’s county 
to catch by the means of tongs, or by any other 
means, or in any manner to molest oysters, the pro- 
tection of which is contemplated by this act, to wit : 
oysters within or on the land or Queen Anne’s side 
of the boundary herein above specified. 
Sec. 3. And be it enacted , That the dividing wa- 
ters of Wye river, and the waters of St. Michael’s 
river lying w T est of the boundary line described in 
section one of this act, and the waters around Her* 
ring Island, are hereby opened to the citizens of 
Queen Anne’s and Talbot counties in common, for 
the purpose of taking or catching oysters with rakes 
or tongs. 
Sec. 4. And be it enacted > That it shall be unlaw* 
ful for any person to take or catch oysters with 
scoop, scrape or any similar instrument in the waters 
