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that aliens, whether residents of this or other states, who engage 
in the taking of shad fish for the purpose of sale, from the waters 
of this State, shall first procure a license from the commissioner 
of game and fish of this State, the cost of which will be ten 
dollars, and that all licenses provided for in this section shall 
be good for the term of one year from the first of the month 
on which same was issued. 
Sec, 5. Be it further enacted that any person who shall have 
in his possession or in any boat in or upon the waters of this 
State, of any net or other device for the purpose of taking shad 
fish during such time as the law prohibits the taking of such 
fish by such devices, that the possession of such nets or equip¬ 
ment shall be prima facie evidence of the person having in Ms 
possession such nets and equipment being guilty of taking such 
shad in violation of law and shall upon conviction be punished 
as hereinafter provided. 
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted that any person violating any 
of the foregoing provisions of this Act, shall, upon conviction, 
be fined not less than ten dollars and all costs in each case, or 
more than one hundred dollars and all cost in each case, or 
shall serve upon the public works of the county in which con¬ 
victed for the term of not less than thirty days or more than 
ninety days. 
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws 
in conflict with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. 
Above Act Approved August 17, 1918. 
LICENSE FEE CHANGED BY HOUSE BILL NO. 
267, APPROVED AUGUST 19, 1919. 
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OYSTERS 
Sec. 615. If any person shall prick, tong, dredge, or in any 
manner take or catch oysters from any of the waters of this 
State, except from private beds, from the first of May to the 
thirty-first day of August, inclusive, except for the purpose of 
replanting the same in this State; or shall take them for any 
purpose during any season from one hour after sunset on Satur¬ 
days until one hour before sunrise on the succeeding Mondays, 
he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
Sec. 616. If any person shall “rough” take or catch oysters 
from any of the public beds within the waters of this State, 
unless the same shall be culled over the beds from which they 
may be taken, except when the weather is such as to render it 
dangerous to remain at the beds, he shall be guilty of a mis¬ 
demeanor. This section shall not apply to the taking of oysters 
for the purpose of replanting the same in any of the waters 
of this State. 
Sec. 617. If any person shall, without the authority from 
the owner, take or catch any oysters from any private bed, or 
remove or deface any oyster-marks, he shall be guilty of a mis¬ 
demeanor. 
Sec. 618. If any person shall take or catch oysters by the 
use of any other instrument than the oyster tongs heretofore in 
general use for taking oysters within the waters less than one 
thousand feet distant from the shore-line at ordinary mean low 
tide, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
Sec. 619. The foregoing section does not apply to oysters tak¬ 
en by any means from private beds by the owner or lessee 
thereof. Nor does it apply to oysters taken from unleased terri¬ 
tory within said limits for the purposes of transplanting to other 
beds in this State, with the consent and approval of the ordinary 
and board of county commissioners, as provided by law. 
Sec. 620. If any person, corporation, or agents thereof, who 
are engaged in any other state in the business of shipping or 
canning oysters, shall procure oyster-beds in this State, it shall 
be a misdemeanor. 
Sec. 621. If any person shall tong or catch oysters between 
sunset and sunrise, unless an obstructed light, six feet above 
the gunwale be carried on board the boat used for such purpose, 
he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
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