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Virginia. For administering said oath and issuing said permit, the inspector or 
office issuing same shall be entitled to receive from the applicant a fee of 25 
cents. The owner or master of any boat or vessel found carrying or buying 
such seed oysters without such permit shall be fined not less than $25, nor more 
than $100. And any owner or master of any boat or vessel violating the pro- 
visions of this section by buying or carrying or knowingly selling such seed oys- 
ters to be carried elsewhere, or for any other purpose than to be planted in the 
waters of Maryland or Virginia, shall be fined not less than $100, nor more 
than $1,000, and in addition thereto, the boat or vessel so used shall, with its 
cargo and equipment, be forfeited to the State wherein such offender is con- 
victed. Provided no permit shall be granted to any person engaged in taking or 
catching, buying or carrying seed oysters, or having in his possession oysters 
measuring less than two and one-half inches from hinge to mouth, who shall 
have any scoop, scrape or dredge or any part thereof, on any boat or vessel to 
be used in taking, buying or carrying seed oysters; and it shall be the duty of 
the officer who issues said permit to first inspect said boat or vessel and satisfy 
himself that no such appliance is on said boat or vessel before he issues any 
permit; and any person who shall have any scoop, scrape or dredge or any 
part thereof, on any boat or vessel engaged in catching, buying or carrying 
oysters, or oysters measuring less than two and one-half inches from hinge 
to mouth, and any owner or master of any boat or vessel violating the pro- 
visions of this section by having any scrape, scoop or dredge or any part 
thereof on any boat or vessel engaged in taking, catching, buying or carrying 
seed oysters shall be fined not less than $250, nor more than $500, and in ad- | 
dition thereto, the boat or vessel so used, with its cargo and equipments, be { 
forfeited to the State wherein such offender is convicted. 
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