1586 OYSTERS. [ART. 72

provisions herein prescribed the governor of Maryland shall issue his
proclamation declaring said provisions to be effective.

1904, art. 72. sec. 67. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 56.

68. Nothing in the seven preceding sections shall be construed in
any way to impair, alter or abridge any rights which either State or
the citizens thereof may be entitled to, either by, through, under or
against the compact entered into between the States of Maryland and
Virginia on March 28, 1785, or any existing law of either of said two
States.

As to the compact with Virginia, see Binney's case, 2 Bl. 125; Briscoe v.
State. 68 Md. 297; Maryland v. West Virginia, 217 U. S. 580; Wharton v.
Wise. 153 U. S. 155; Potomac Steam Boat Co. v. Upper Potomac, etc., Co..
109 U. S. 672; Georgetown v. Alexandria Canal Co., 12 Pet 91.

General Measurers and Inspectors.

Ibid. sec. 68. 1S94, ch. 380, sec. 57. 1900, ch. 380. 1906, ch. 188, sec. 68.

69. The governor, at each session of the general assembly, shall
appoint four persons for the city of Baltimore, one for Cambridge, one
for Annapolis, one for Oxford, one for Crisfield and one for Nanticoke,
to be known as general measurers and inspectors of oysters for the city,
town or port and adjacent waters for which they shall be respectively
appointed. Each general measurer and inspector of oysters for the city
of Baltimore shall give bond to the State of Maryland in the sum of
three thousand dollars, and all other general measurers and inspectors
and all the special inspectors shall give bond to said State in the sum
of one thousand dollars for the faithful performance of their duties;
and the general measurers and inspectors of oysters shall have the same
power and authority over oysters sold in the waters adjacent to the
port for which they shall be appointed as hereinafter given to the gen-
eral measurers and inspectors over such city, town or port for which
they shall be respectively named.

Ibid. sec. 69. 1894, ch. 380. sec. 58. 1900. ch. 380. 1906, ch. 188, sec. 69.
1908, ch. 488. 1910. ch. 413, sec. 69 (p. 205).

70. It shall be the duty of the commander of the state fishery 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 inspectors, to be appointed as
follows : Two each from Anne Arundel, St. Mary's, Talbot and Wicom-
ico 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 inspectors shall take