de Kalb Smith v. County School Commissioners
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Dorchester County (Page, C. J., Holland and Lloyd, JJ.) enjoining the Clerk of the Circuit Court for that county from paying into the Treasury of the State more than one-third of the money received by him for licenses issued under Code Public Local Laws, Art. 10, sec. 260. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBoyd, J.
The question in this case is whether the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Dorchester County shall pay to the Comptroller of the State one-third or one-half of all moneys received by him from what are called county scraping licenses to take oysters.
Under the Local Laws of that county the Clerk is authorized to issue licenses to residents of the county to employ their boats of a designated capacity in taking or catching oysters with scrapes or dredges in certain defined waters. By sec. 260 of Art. 10 of the Local Code, the School Commissioners of Dorchester County were required to furnish the…
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