1298                               Laws of Maryland                         [Ch. 753

WITHIN THE WATERS OF THE WEST RIVER AND OF THE
RHODES RIVER AND THAT IN SAID WATERS THE DEPART-
MENT OF TIDEWATER FISHERIES SHALL HAVE FULL AND
FINAL AUTHORITY TO REGULATE THE TIME AND PLACE
WHERE SOFT SHELL CLAMS MAY BE TAKEN THEREIN.

The Commission of Tidewater Fisheries shall issue and provide
forms to all licensed soft shell clam dredgers which shall require the
following information thereon; the date of catch; dredger's license
number, name and address; area or areas where soft shell clams
caught; name of licensed soft shell clam dealer to whom clams were
sold and the number of U.S. bushels, or parts thereof, sold to said
dealer and such other information as required by Department of Tide-
water Fisheries. Said forms shall be in triplicate, and be signed by the
licensed soft shell clam dredger. One copy thereof is to be retained
by the licensed soft shell clam dredger for not less than eighteen (18)
months; one copy thereof is to be returned or delivered to the Com-
mission of Tidewater Fisheries weekly, and the remaining copy is to
be given the licensed soft shell clam dealer.

The Commission of Tidewater Fisheries shall also issue and provide
to each licensed soft shell clam dealer forms to be executed by the
dealer, in the event of resale by him, in Maryland, of clams for export,
and delivered to each purchaser, trucker, transporter or exporter
thereof, showing the dealer's license number, the date of sale, the
name of the person, persons, partnership or corporation to whom said
unshucked soft shell clams were sold, and the number of U.S. bushels
or parts thereof, sold thereto and such other information as required
by the Department of Tidewater Fisheries.

It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, partnership, or cor-
poration, whether or not a licensed soft shell clam dealer, to ship,
transport or export unshucked soft shell clams out of the State of
Maryland without having in possession executed copies of the above
mentioned dredger's or dealer's forms, providing the purchase and
quantity contained in each and every shipment.

Said forms shall be exhibited, upon demand, by any licensed soft
shell clam dredger or dealer, or by any person, persons, partnership
or corporation, shipping, transporting or exhibiting soft shell clams,
to any officer of the Commission of Tidewater Fisheries.

A dealer's license shall not be required of any person or corpora-
tion, resident or non-resident, if such person or corporation has
initially purchased such clams from a licensed soft shell clam dealer,
whether or not said clams are purchased for sale, retail or wholesale.

Any person violating any provisions of this subsection shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof be fined
not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00), nor more than six months in jail and confiscation
of both rig and boat. All violations of this subsection shall be tried
in the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel County.

SEC. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT ALL LAWS
OR PARTS OF LAWS, PUBLIC GENERAL OR PUBLIC LOCAL,
INCONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT ARE
HEREBY REPEALED TO THE EXTENT OF ANY SUCH INCON-
SISTENCY, AND THIS ACT SHALL PREVAIL UNLESS RE-
PEALED BY EXPRESS REFERENCE THERETO.