796 OYSTERS. [ART. 72

of said Article 72. The Deputy Commander shall sign in triplicate
certificates serially numbered and substantially in the form following:

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I hereby certify that the cargo of oysters loaded by Captain........

of the vessel............... was taken from reserved areas and is

subject to a tax of five cents per bushel, which is to be paid to the
Comptroller or his agent.

Deputy Commander.

Two copies of each certificate so issued shall be given the Captain
of the vessel in which oysters are to be transported from such reserved
areas, one of which shall be retained and the other shall be delivered
to the ultimate buyer of said oysters as hereinafter stated. The third
copy shall be forwarded by the Deputy Commander to the office of the
Comptroller.

(2) Oysters caught upon reserved areas shall not be removed there-
from until the Deputy Commander in charge thereof shall have issued
said certificates, as above provided.

(3) Said oysters shall be inspected and measured at the place of
sale where the oysters are to be no further shipped in bulk in vessels,
and before unloading the Captain of each vessel shall exhibit and
deliver to the buyer one of the certificates furnished by the Deputy
Commander, showing that such cargo of oysters is subject to the tax
of five cents per bushel. Such oysters shall be unloaded only in the
presence of an inspector, whose duty it shall be to inspect, measure and
report upon such oysters to the Comptroller, in the same manner as
upon other oysters sold in this. State.

(4) Oysters caught upon reserved areas shall not be shipped out
of the State of Maryland until the charge or tax of five cents per
bushel shall have been paid.

(5) Oysters caught upon reserved areas shall be culled in accord-
ance with the existing law relating to culling, and the undersized oys-
ters shall be returned to the natural bars from which the same were
taken.

(6) Before any oysters are caught upon such reserved areas, the
Captain of each vessel shall take out a special license from the Comp-
troller, at a cost of $1.00 per vessel, such license to be issued only after
the Captain of such vessel has taken an oath before the Comptroller, or
his agent, that he will not remove oysters caught upon such reserved
areas until the Deputy Commander's certificate in the form above
provided, has been issued to him, that he will faithfully comply with
all provisions of law regulating the catching of oysters upon reserved
areas, and that he will pay, or cause to be paid, the tax of five cents
per bushel upon all such oysters so caught by him.

Catching oysters upon such reserved areas shall continue subject to
the foregoing conditions and restrictions during the remainder of the