664

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Penalty for
having in
possession
false measures

in his possession any instrument of measurement for oysters
in the shell which differ in size or description from the meas-
ure hereinbefore mentioned, or shall demand a greater
measure than hereinbefore mentioned, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and punished upon conviction
before a court of competent jurisdiction be fined a
sum of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars, or committed to the House of Correction for
a period of not less than three months nor more than six
months, or both, in the discretion of the judge or justice of
the peace trying the same, and in case a fine is imposed under
the provisions of this section, said fine to be paid over by the
officer making the arrest to the Comptroller of the State, to
be credited to the oyster fund; one-half, however, to be paid
to the informer, unless he be an officer of the State Fishery

Standard
measure for
shells.

Force. Said measures shall also be the standard measure for
shells, and the use of any other measure for that purpose shall
be punished, as is prescribed by this section, for the use of any
other measures for measuring oysters, and the measurers or
special inspectors are hereby forbidden to handle or interfere
with the oysters in or upon the tub or measure for the purpose
of pressing or pushing down same, under penalty of removal
from office and a fine of ten dollars for each offense.

Unlawful to
engage in
business of
packing or
canning
oysters with-
out license.

66. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to engage in the business of packing or canning oysters without
first taking out a license to engage in such business by appli-
cation under oath from the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the
county in which the place of business of such applicant may
be situated, or to the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, if
the place of business of such applicant shall be in Baltimore
City, and such applicant shall state the number of bushels of
oysters which he expects shucked during the succeeding eight
months, and at the time of issuing such license shall pay the
sum of twenty-five dollars for such license, and in addition
thereto the sum of one dollar per thousand bushels for every
thousand bushels over ten thousand bushels, so as aforesaid
estimated in his application, as the total number of bushels to be
shucked during said season, and all said moneys received for
said license shall be paid over and accounted for by the said
several clerks of courts to the Comptroller of the State, to be
placed to the credit of the oyster fund, as provided by Section

Persons, etc.,
obtaining
licenses shall
make sworn
statement.

twenty-nine, of this Article. It shall be the duty of each
person, firm or corporation obta ning a license under this
section to make a sworn report and return, under oath, within
thirty days after the twenty-fifth day of April in each year,