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I Br CHARLES L. ITATTORD
ANNAPOLIS. Md.. Anril HW-
The humble eyater, iBdlffertnt
prixe in e century -old undeclared,
warhaa finally cud a formal
braaeli between the lUtaa tJ
MaryUnd and Virginia.
HaryiaiHI lawmakan haa
IwipMl out, an hiatavte afreement
iDNdating tba Conatitutlon. Ia es
tnar have told Vircini t
keep tta eyster-pickia' kanda eft
I the Potomac River.
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Plu thipping coxi to iteat outside
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iv ft,
aaw War Between the States aa
ariumenuuva, ttrief-for-brief 1.
in! battle folnt ricM to the So.
lpreme Court. ; . ,;,,.'. -- .
And a new chaDtcr l rnvnin
I In that aeriea of bloody ikh-mi.h.
Istretehinf through mora thin lot'
years that are collectively know ,
as the "Oyster War--- ,
The .broad bottom of the Pota
I mac, la this heartland of ami
I production, ia kishly covered with
1 bivalves. Modem traniDortatioa
has placed them ea dinner tablea
Itfae length of the aatioa..
But In -17JS. User were aalv e
leoattal delicacy.
uystars were the leaat eantl.
eratiea of delegate from Virginia '
and Maryland who met with
George Washington at Mount Ver
non one chill March niiht la 1781
Together, they drew uo the '
I compact of 1785. guaranteed 1
Mary La n4 free ihhotnr grMiMH
past Virginia's Cape Henry: Vin :
ginla received navigation rights ea n
the Maryland-owned Potomac Riw '
or, ; ... p "! t
CeauMa FlaUag PrrfUegM
A minor clause ia the eomnaet..
I granted eemmoa fishing arivfe ,'
leges la the Potomac to citlsens of
both atatca. It said. "All liwa mmA ,
IregulaUona which may ha aeceg
Isary for the prseervatioa of fish' .
be made with tha .
I mutual consent, and approbatioa
of both states . . ." ,
This minor agreement remained
I In effect after the adoption of the
ICoastituUoo -, bad relegated the.
shipping guaraoteea te the aab.
caa. - '. ,i
Voder the cemeacL -both statea
(licensed watermen te take oystert
i mm io rowinac. j
Both statw outlawed . dreditna
I scraping the bottom of the river
with big scoop to catch oysters.
pair
Only tongs, extremely long-hae "
died rakes functioning Uks scis
sors, were permitted. ,
watermen on both shores eheat '
ed. creeping out to the oyatef ' -banks
at night wtth dredges.. tH- '
scrspe up a harvest. ?
Gun fights matching eyttermea
against state natrol boat a ..
atermea against . rival eystermea . .
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were commonplace. i , , .
Battle Wtth Casaea, Bin '
pair
la UM. the Virtinia steamer
Chesapeake fought-a battle with '
cannoa and rifles with tw Mary "
land schooners. No aae wss hurt. '
but 11 prisoners were taken.' ?
cooperative enforcement ended " '
when Virginia legalised dredging. '
Now X-was Maryland's Tidewa '
Iters Fisheries Commiasloa sralnst ' "
the poachert. s
Early Uta year. Vlrglma Tish t : i
pair
erie Commissloa official sett-
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mated that SJ to 71 boats. -
equipped te dredge oysters Uleg i
ally and te outrun police boat, i
were harberod at Colonial Beach, -
va. - .- - V- -I .: :
Last Oct. a TTCInwector .
Thomas Noble wu wounded when
I he pulled along side a suspected . .
areager. .
Last Dec. I. a Maryland aatrol '
boat gunshots ringing out across
the river chased a suspected
dredger Into Colonial Beach. Re- ;
bert Lee Snores, chief enforce
ment officer, said 100 to 400 peo
ple stood on the Virginia shore -shouting
"Maryland dogs" . and . .
cheering the fleeing oystermen.
Virginia authorities arrested the -
oyster boat captain and fined him
$25 oa a charge of concealing his
boat's license... . ....... .
Eaaaagertag Uvea - '
Gov. Thomas B. Stanley of Vir
ginia accused the Maryland off!- '
of "promiscuous shooting"
and "endangering the' lives" of -M
Virginia citizens. -Gov. Theodore -R.
McKeldln of Maryland count
ered that Virginia oystermen were
taken Me "'protective ctutody" by
Virginia police, trie8 oa lesser -
charges aad given token fines.
la 1949. the Maryland Legisla
ture extended what it considered
a generous offer of peace, nit of
fered to act up a MaryUnd-Vlr
ginla Chesapeake-Potomac author
ity to regulate the fishing indus
try oa the bay and the river. .Vir
ginia djd not accept.. ; :,
Instead. Vlreiniana nrnosed a
Joint authority for the river only, .
Maryland doebnsd., .. .
At the legiaiattvo seaaioa earuar,
this year, a Marr lander summed ,.
I up Maryland feelings this Wayt
we have tnoa tor almost we
I years -to handle the matter witi f
concurrence of Virginia- That nas t
failed. Perhaps It at now time for
ua to 4ct alone." .
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And so the. com pact Of 17M was
abrogated. Maryland legiilators .
believe, they have removed the
right of Virginia to hwue licenses
to eystermea te ply the Potomac.
Vlrslnlana artuoithe aireemrm ,
caa be ended only with their con-
sent. "'
Official taf both states have
been quoted that the matter proa-
ably jfin fie dormant until Sep-
temnec: when the oyster' seasoa
Then a Vlrvniiaa. wilt- be sr- 1
rested and charged by Maryland '
officers with taking oysters from
the Potomac without a Maryland : -Ucne.
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And the formal stninle - thus
ttma ia ttie-caurts-will eegin.
PNEA80NABUI NOW .. ,
i riimrmiT tr ua Fa- ia
years-Vernon Rooks has heat ,
strbiflni Christmas Hihta ea the '
the tree b his front yard, but It's
I never snowed oa Christina Day.'. .
Last year, he decided to leave .
the tight up until snow feO. aa
I matter bow Jong it took. "
n anowod nacuy ta monur snsr .
I
warunmaa.