ART. 72] GENREAL MEASURES AND INSPECTORS. 1587

an oath, to be administered by the commander, to diligently and faith-
fully discharge the duties of their said offices; the said special inspec-
tors 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 the seller, and the other daily to
the general measurer and inspector of the district where such inspection
occnrred; a charge of one cent per bushel is hereby levied to help defray
the expenses of such inspection and the other expenses of the state
fishery force, upon all oysters unloaded from vessels at the place where
said oysters are to be no further shipped in bulk in vessels, to be
charged equally to the buyer and seller, but to be paid weekly to the-
comptroller of the state treasury, or his agent, by the buyers; the cer-
tificate given the general measurer and inspector shall be by him mailed
weekly to the comptroller or his agent, and in case the amounts of
money shown to be due be not paid in one week thereafter to the comp-
troller or his agent, which is hereby required to be done, the properties,
of the parties so indebted may be levied on and sold by the said comp-
troller or his agent, as in cases of taxes in default, without other process
of law; the tax of one cent per bushel hereby levied is also made a
charge on oysters sold by commission merchants and others selling by
less than the cargo, and also a tax of three cents per barrel containing
not more than three bushels; on oysters in bags a tax of two cents per
bag containing not more than two bushels; and all transportation com-
panies carrying oysters in the shell, consigned to Baltimore, shall fur-
nish to the oyster inspector or collector of oyster tax a copy of his
manifest, showing the number of bushels on board on arrival of steamer
and to whom consigned, and the special inspectors are charged with the-
duty of seeing that proper returns are made for the purpose of this
section by such commission merchants or retailers; and in the perform-
ance of the duty the said special inspectors are authorized and directed to
visit the places where oysters less than cargoes are sold and get from
such sellers a statement, under oath, as to the number of bushels sold
from time to time, and return to the general measurers and inpectors
a certificate thereof, to be forwarded to the comptroller, as required in
the case of the certificates for cargoes and the payment of the amounts
so found to be due shall be similarly enforced. All such special inspec-
tors may be removed at any time by the commander for neglect or mal-
feasance in office, and said commander shall report to the governor any
neglect of a general measurer or inspector. The commander of the
state fishery force shall furnish to each of said special inspectors cer-
tificates in book form, supplied with carbon paper, so that each of said
triplicate certificates shall be exactly the same; the form of the certifi-
cates shall be as follows :

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I hereby certify that I have this day inspected for Captain ——————,
schooner ——————, a cargo of oysters, sold to ——————, and found