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ART. LXXII] OYSTERS. 511
General Measurers and Inspectors.
1904, art. 72, sec. 68. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 57. 1900, ch. 380. 1906, ch. 188, sec. 68.
1916, ch. 702, sec. 69.
69. The Conservation Commission of Maryland shall appoint nine
suitable persons to serve as general measurers and inspectors of oysters,
four of whom shall be assigned to Baltimore City and the remaining
five shall be assigned to such ports or districts elsewhere in the State
HI the Commission may in its discretion deem best for the good of the
service. 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 shall have the same power and
authority over oysters sold in the waters adjacent to the port to which
they may be assigned as hereinafter given to the general measurers and
inspectors over such city, town or port for which they shall be respec-
tively named.
See notes to this section in volume 3 of the Annotated Code.
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1904, art. 72, sec. 69 1894, ch. 380, sec. 38 1900. ch 380. 1906, ch. 188, sec. 69
1908, ch. 488. 1910, ch. 413, sec 69 (p. 205). 1916, ch. 702, see. 70.
70. The Conservation Commission, at the commencement of, or dur-
ing the oyster season in each year, as needed, shall appoint from the
counties producing oysters for packing purposes in the State, not exceed-
ing twenty special inspectors, at a salary of forty-five dollars per month,
while actually employed during the oyster season, and they shall be
stationed at such places as in the judgment of said Commission their
services may be needed. Before assuming the duties of their offices the
said special inspectors shall take an oath, to be administered by one of
the members of the Commission, to diligently and faithfully discharge
the duties of their said offices; each said special inspector 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 occurred; in order
to help defray the expenses occasioned by the inspection of oysters
caught within the limits of the State of Maryland provided for by this
section and by the other sections of this article, including the expenses
of the State Fishery Force growing out of the inspection by it of oysters
caught within the limits of the State of Maryland as required by the
various provisions of this article, an inspection charge of one cent per
bushel is hereby levied upon all oysters caught within the limits of the
State of Maryland unloaded from vessels at the place in Maryland
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
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