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PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS. 
Clerk re- 
quired to 
issue li- 
cense. 
Proviso. 
Penalty 
for viola- 
tion. 
county not parcel of any creek, cove, river or inlet, 
upon obtaining license therefor as hereinafter di- 
rected. 
Sec. 95. The Clerk of the Circuit Court for said 
county, upon application of any citizen of said 
county, shall issue a license to such citizen, author- 
izing him to take or catch oysters with scoops, drags 
or dredges in the waters of said county, subject to 
the provisions of this law, for one year from the 
date of said license, for which said license the citizen 
applying shall pay to the said clerk the sum of ten 
dollars ; provided that the citizen so applying shall 
have first satisfied the said clerk that he has obtained 
from the Comptroller of the State license to take or 
catch oysters in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay, 
as required by article seventy-one of the Code of Pub- 
lic General Laws; and provided also the said license 
shall not authorize the taking or catching of oysters 
between the first days of June and September in each 
3 7 ear as forbidden by said article seventy-one of the 
Code. 
Code of Public Local Laws , Article 19. 
Section 96. The person so applying for a license 
shall first be required to make oath that he is a bona 
fide owner of the vessel to be licensed, that he has 
been a bona fide citizen of the State for one year 
immediately preceding said application and six 
months a resident of the county, and that the license 
is intended for his use only. 
Laws of 1867, Chapter 129. 
Section 97. Any person taking oysters within the 
waters of said county with a scoop, drag or dredge 
without license, or who is not a citizen of said 
county, or otherwise, contrary to any law of this 
State, shall be subject to all the penalties provided 
by law against the illegal taking of oysters in this 
State. 
Code of Public Local Laws , Article 19. 
Section 98. In all cases where a vessel or indi- 
vidual shall be tried, either upon appeal or other- 
wise, for a violation of the provisions of the code 
