ART. 72] RESERVED AREAS.
bottoms from which seed oysters are to be taken, and shall fix the
manner and the time for catching same. The person holding such per-
mit shall transport all seed oysters caught by him directly to such
reserved areas within the limits prescribed in Section 132, as may be
designated by the Commander, and there transplant same in the pres-
ence of a Deputy Commander of the State Fishery Force, whose duty
if shall be to see that such seed oysters are transplanted in a proper
manner and upon the designated areas. The Deputy Commander shall
thereupon issue a certificate to the person so transplanting seed oysters,
which shall state as accurately as possible the number of bushels trans-
planted, and shall be serially numbered and. substantially in the form
following:
...........................19.....
I hereby certify that Captain............ of the vessel.........
has this day transplanted upon reserved area located at............
a cargo of seed oysters estimated to contain...........bushels.
Deputy Commander.
A duplicate of each certificate so issued shall be forwarded by the
Deputy Commander to the Comptroller of the State Treasury. The
expense of catching, removing and transplanting such seed oysters as
herein authorized shall be borne by the person to whom such permit
and certificate shall have been issued, provided, however, that such
expense, not exceeding five cents per bushel, shall be reimbursed to
him, or his assigns, by the Comptroller, upon presentation and sur-
render of his certificate, out of the "Oyster Conservation Fund," pro-
vided for by Section 135. The Commander may act for any Deputy
Commander in the performance of the duties above mentioned.
1914, ch. 753.
134. From and after the date designated by the Commander for
reopening of such reserved areas, until the closing of the dredging season
then current, oysters shall be caught upon such reserved areas only by
dredgers, scrapers or tongers of this State holding licenses for the cur-
rent season, in the manner now prescribed by law, and subject also to
the following special conditions and restrictions, viz:
(1) Oysters caught upon reserved areas shall be subject to a special
charge or tax of five cents per bushel, which shall be collected by the
buyers at the place where said oysters are to be no further shipped in
bulk in vessels, and shall be paid weekly to the Comptroller or his agent
by the buyers, such tax to be in addition to any other charge on oysters
now or hereafter imposed by law, and payment thereof to be enforced
in the same manner as the inspection tax provided for by Section 70
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