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ART. LXXII] RESERVED AREAS. 517
mission reopening same for public use. Whenever in the discretion of
the Commission such reserved area shall have been replenished, but in
no event later than three years after the beginning of such reservation
it shall fix a date for reopening same to the public, and shall give notice
thereof by proper advertisement inserted as above provided. Any per-
son who shall catch or disturb any oysters upon such reserved areas
between the date such reservation begins and the date fixed by the Com-
mission for re-opening same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be imprisoned for not less than three months,
nor more than one year, in the discretion of the Court.
1914, ch. 753. 1917, ch. 12, sec. 133.
133. Any resident of the State eligible to hold a dredger's or
scraper's license may make application to the Conservation Commis-
sion at its office in Baltimore for a permit to catch and remove seed
oysters, at any time between March 15th and May 15th, or between
September 15th and November 1st, in each year, from any bottoms not
leased of the Chesapeake Bay or tributaries in dredger's territory where
an abundance of small oysters may occur which in the opinion of the
Commission would secure better results by being transplanted. The
Commission may issue such permit, and shall describe therein the par-
ticular portion of said bottoms from which seed oysters are to be taken,
and shall fix the manner and the time for catching same. The person
holding such permit 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 Commission, and there transplant
same in the presence of a deputy commander of the State Fishery Force,
whose duty it shall be to see that such seed oysters are transplanted in
a proper manner and upon the designated areas. The deputy com-
mander shall thereupon issue a certificate to the person so transplant-
ing seed oysters, which shall state as accurately as possible the number
of bushels transplanted, 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.
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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, to be determined by the Commission but not to exceed ten
cents per bushel, shall be reimbursed to him, or his assigns, by the
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