ART. 72] POTOMAC. 777

nizance being given, the party convicted and the aforesaid property
shall be discharged.*

This section is a duplicate of article 39, section 59D.

1912, ch. 4, sec. 9.

68H. If any oyster inspector or other officer empowered with the
duties of enforcing the provisions of sections 68A-6SI, knowingly fail
to report violations of the same or to perform any of the duties herein
required of him, he shall, for every such offense, be liable to a fine of
one hundred dollars, to be applied to the oyster fund of his State.*
This section is a duplicate of article 39, section 59E.

1912, ch. 4, sec. 11.

681. Nothing in sections 68A-68 T 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 Vir-
ginia on March 28th, 1785.*

This section is the same as article 39, section 59F.

General Measurers and Inspectors.

69.

This section referred to in construing section 70—see notes thereto.
Foote v. Stanley, 117 Md. 346.

1904, art 72, 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). 1914, ch. 153.

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 pur-
poses in the State, not exceeding twenty, special inspectors, to be
appointed as follows: Two each from Anne Arundel, St. Mary's, Tal-
bot 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 Commander of the State Fishery Force their services may be
needed. Before assuming the duties of their offices the said special
inspectors 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

*By section 10 of the act of 1912, chapter 4, it is provided that since an emer-
gency existed for the passage of that act because 'of the depletion of fish and
shell fish in the Potomac, the act should take effect from the date of its passage
(February 19, 1912), provided concurrent legislation was passed by the General
Assembly of Virginia by that time, and if not, then immediately upon the passage
thereof. By section 12 of the act of 1912, chapter 4, it is provided that upon
the taking effect in Virginia of the provisions prescribed in that act, the Gov-
ernor of Maryland should issue a proclamation declaring the provisions of said
act effective.