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CONCURRENT MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA LEGISLATION, REGULAT- 
2a ING THE TAKING OF SEED OYSTERS IN THE POTOMAC 
RIVER. 
_ . 4. Regulating the taking of seed oysters and providing penalties —It shall 
be lawful between the 1st day of January and the 1st day of May of each 
_ year to take oysters of any size with ordinary or patent oyster tongs from 
_ the natural rocks, beds, and shoals in the Potomac river, above a straight line 
_ drawn from the north point at the mouth of the Upper Machodoe creek, in the 
_ eounty of King George, Virginia, to Lower Cedar Point in Charles county, 
_ Maryland, to be used for planting in the waters of Maryland or Virginia only, 
.- og it shall be unlawful at any time to take shells to which no oyster is at- 
_ tached, or to take oysters from said waters at any other time, or in any 
_ Other manner, or for any other purposes than as above provided. Any person 
ae convicted of taking shells as aforesaid, or of taking oysters from the Potomac 
river above the said line at any other time or in any other manner than with 
Bg t00 tongs, or for any other purpose as aforesaid, shall be fined not less than 
_ 100 nor more than $500, or confined in jail not less than thirty days, nor more 
than six months, either or both. Any citizen of Maryland or of Virginia who 
____ has complied with all the requirements of the oyster laws of this State, entitling 
icf m to the privilege for a certain period of taking and catching oysters with 
= Pieone or patent tongs in such State, shall have the right without further 
_  Hcense tax to take oysters with such tongs above the said line during the open 
___ Season provided for in the waters above said line. 
____ 5. Permit required for buying or carrying seed oysters, and prescribing 
___ Penalties.—It shall be lawful for any citizen of Maryland or of Virginia, after 
d having obtained a permit as hereinafter provided, to buy and carry out of the 
Se Potomac river, to be planted in the waters of either Maryland or Virginia, oys- 
___ ters whose shells measure less than two and one-half inches from hinge to 
mouth, taken from natural rocks, beds and shoals in said river, above a straight 
____ line drawn from the north point at the mouth of Upper Machodoc creek, in 
+ the county of King George, Virginia, to Lower Cedar Point, in Charles county, 
Maryland, during the period between the first day of January and the 1st day 
_ Of May in any year. THe said permit shall be obtained from any oyster in- 
‘Spector, or any officer in charge of a Virginia or Maryland Oyster Police 
es Boat, for each boat or vessel to be used in carrying said oysters as aforesaid, 
ae 1a Sle and shall state the name and tonnage (if registered in the custom house) 
_~—~—_—sCOf- the boat or vessel, the name of the owner and the master thereof, and to 
_ What waters in Maryland or Virginia such cargo of oysters is to be carried. 
___ Before such permit ‘shall be granted, the owner or master of such boat or 
_ Vessel shall take and subscribe to an oath before said officer that the said boat 
‘OF vessel will not be used for carrying said oysters to any State other than 
a ‘Maryland or Virginia, or for any other purpose than for planting the same in 
___ the waters of one or the other of the said States, and that he will not sell said 
___ oysters to any other person for the purpose of carrying the same to any State 
_ other than Maryland or Virginia. The oath so taken and subscribed, together 
__ With a memorandum of the permit issued, shall be returned by said officer to 
vt the commander of the State Fishery Force of Maryland, if said officer be a 
ee _-—~—Ss Maryiand ~=official, or to the Secretary of the Commission of Fisheries 
«aoe ca? of Virginia, if said officer be a Virginia official, to be filed by him 
in his office. Blank forms for such oath and permit shall be furnished to the 
_-_-—s@respective oyster inspectors, and the respective captains of the oyster police 
____ boats, by the Comptroller of Maryland and the Auditor of Public Accounts of 
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