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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Clerk of the
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Circuit Court for Worcester county may issue to any
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Issue license.
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citizen of said county a license to take or catch oys-
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ters with rakes or tongs from the waters of Sinepux-
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ent Bay and its tributaries until the first day of May
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next after the issuing of said license; provided, the
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applicant for said license shall satisfy said clerk, by
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his own oath or other sufficient proof, that he is a
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citizen of said county and shall pay to said clerk the
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sum of one dollar, to be paid by said clerk to the
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County Commissioners of Worcester county, to be
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expended in the procuring of seed oysters to be
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planted in said bay as the commissioners aforesaid
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may direct, but no person licensed as above, nor any
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other person, shall take or remove any oysters from
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the waters of said bay or its tributaries on any Sun-
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day or in the night at any season, nor during the day
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from the first day of May to the first day of October,
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or any shells from the natural rocks at anytime;
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provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to
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forbid any person from taking or catching his or her
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own planted oysters at any time and with any kind
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of instrument; and any person violating any of the
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provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misde-
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meanor and upon indictment and conviction therefor
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shall be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty
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dollars for each offence with costs.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted. That no person shall
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Shall not
catch.
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catch, take or remove any shells or oysters from the
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natural beds in the waters of Sinepuxent Bay or its
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tributaries with scrapes, scoops, dredges or drags, or
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with any instrument in the working of which any
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other than hand power is used, and any person vio-
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lating any of the provisions of this section shall,
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upon indictment and conviction therefor, be fined not
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Penalty.
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less than fifty nor more than three hundred dollars
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for each offence with cost.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful
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Be lawful.
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for any citizen of Worcester county to plant, or for
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any resident to lay down oysters on not exceeding
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five acres in any one place in any of the waters ex-
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cept upon the natural rocks of the said bay or its
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tributaries, and that no person except the owner or
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his employee shall work upon or among said planted
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