916 ARTICLE 72.

than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, either or
both, in the discretion of the court or jury trying the case. In any prose-
cution of the violation of this section against the master or commander of
a vessel or any of his crew, or any person on board thereof, proof that such
vessel was equipped with a crank, dredge or scrape shall be prima facie
evidence of the violation of this section. Any vessel, boat or other craft,
her tackle, apparel, anchor, cables, sails, rigging and appurtenances, and
any dredge, scrape or other instrument used in violation of the provisions
of this section shall, together with the cargo of such vessel, boat or craft, be
condemned as forfeited to the State in proceedings, as provided for the
enforcement of forfeitures. ¹

General Measurers and Inspectors.

An. Code. 1924, sec. 81. 3912. sec. 70. 1904. sec. 60. 1894, ch. 380. sec. 58.

1900, ch. 380. 1906, ch. 188, sec. 69. 1908. ch. 488. 1910, ch. 413, sec. 69

(p. 205). 1916, ch. 702, sec. 70. 1922, ch. 279, sec. 70.

1927, ch. 127, sec. 81. 1933, ch. 248.

81. The Conservation Commission, at the commencement of or during
the oyster season in each year, as needed, shall appoint from the counties
producing oysters for packing purposes in the State, not exceeding twenty
special inspectors at a salary of seventy-five dollars per month, while
actually employed during the oyster season, and they shall be stationed at
such places as in the judgment of said Commission their services may be
needed. There shall also be appointed by the Commission not over five
special inspectors for Baltimore City, at a salary of ninety dollars per
month, while actually employed during the oyster season. Before assum-
ing the duties of their offices the said special inspectors shall take an oath,
to be administered by the Commission, to diligently and faithfully dis-
charge the duties of their said offices; each said special inspector shall
inspect all oysters in the district to which he is assigned; upon the inspec-
tion of any such oysters, each special inspector shall make a certificate of
the number of bushels in triplicate, one of which shall be given to the
purchaser, one to the seller and the other daily to the general measurer
and inspector of the district where such inspection occurred; in order to
help defray the expenses occasioned by the inspection of oysters caught
within the limits of the State of Maryland as provided for by this section
and by the other sections of this Article, including the expense of the
State Fishery Force growing out of the inspection by it of oysters caught
within the limits of the State of Maryland as required by the various
provisions of this Article, an inspection charge of two cents per bushel
is hereby levied upon all oysters caught within the limits of the State
of Maryland, unloaded from vessels at the place in Maryland where said
oysters are to be no further shipped in bulk in vessels, to be charged

¹ Sec. 2 of ch. 517 of acts of 1931 repealed all laws inconsistent therewith to extent
of such inconsistency, and sec. 3 provides: "That the provisions of this act shall not
take effect until a similar act becomes effective in the State of Virginia, whereupon
the Governor of Maryland shall issue a proclamation declaring the provisions of
this act to be effective. ''