200 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 153.

'' AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments, Section 69 of
Article 72 of the Code of Public General Laws of 1904 as
amended by Chapter 188 of the Acts of 1906 and Chapter 488
of the Acts of 1908, title 'Oysters,' sub-title 'General Meas-
urers and Inspectors.' "

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 69 of Article 72 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws of 1904, as amended by Chapter 188 of the Acts of
1906 and Chapter 488 of the Acts of 1908, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read
as follows:

69. It shall be the duty of the Commander of the State Fish-
ery Force, at the commencement of, or during the oyster season
in each year, to appoint from the counties producing oysters for
packing purposes in the State, not exceeding twenty, special in-
spectors, to be appointed as follows: Two each from Anne
Arundel, St. Mary's, Talbot and Wicomico Counties; three each
from Dorchester, Somerset and Queen Anne's Counties, and one
each from Kent, Calvert and Charles Counties, at a salary of
forty-five dollars per month, during the oyster season, and they
shall be stationed at such places as in the judgment of the Com-
mander of the State Fishery Force their services may be needed.
Before assuming the duties of their offices the said special in-
spectors shall take an oath, to be administered by the commander
to diligently and "faithfully discharge the duties of their said
offices; the said special inspectors shall inspect all oysters in
the district to which he is assigned; upon the inspection 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 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 provided for by this Section and by the other Sec-
tions of this Article, including the expenses 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 one
cent 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 equally to the buyer