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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 252

(r) (1) "Tong" means any pincers, nippers, tongs, or
similar device used in catching oysters and clams and consisting
of 2 shafts or handles and a metal body composed of 2 opposable
and complementary baskets that:

(i) Are opened, closed, and emptied entirely by
hand; and

(ii) 1. Are lifted by hand; or

2. May use power to assist lifting the
tongs with a single lifting cable or rope attached at only a
single point on 1 shaft of the tongs and may be rigged so that
lifting of the tongs can be assisted no higher than the surface
of the water.

(2) "Tong" includes:

(i) Shaft tongs; and

(ii) Hand tongs.

4-1011.

(a) A person may not use patent tongs to catch oysters in
any of the following waters: Wicomico, Queen Anne's, Talbot,
Dorchester, and Kent counties, except on the following natural
oyster bars: 2-9, 2-10, 5-1, 5-2, [5-3B] ALSO KNOWN AS
HUNTINGFIELD BAR 5-3, and 5-7, as defined on the charts of the
Oyster Survey of 1906 to 1912, and its amendments.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 8, 1984.

CHAPTER 253

(House Bill 1183)

AN ACT concerning

Prince George's County - Property Taxes -

Deferral or Credit

PG 409-84

FOR the purpose of authorizing Prince George's County to provide
by law a deferral or credit for certain property tax
increases on owner-occupied residential property in the
County when that property is rezoned at the initiative of
the County to a higher intensity use; providing for the