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518 OYSTERS. [AET. LXXII
Comptroller, upon the preservation and surrender of his certificate, out
of the "Conservation Fund," provided for by Section 135. The com-
mander may act for any deputy commander in the performance of the
duties above mentioned.
1914, ch. 753. 1917, ch. 12, sec. 134.
134. From and after the date designated by the Commission for
re-opening of such reserved areas, until the closing of the dredging sea-
son then current, oysters shall be caught upon such reserved areas only
by dredgers, scrapers or tongers of the State holding licenses for the
current 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 to be fixed by the Commission and to be announced in the
advertisement re-opening such area or areas, said charge or tax to be
not less than five cents per bushel, nor more than ten cents per bushel,
which tax shall be collected by the buyers at the place where said
oysters are to be no further shipped in bulk in vessels3 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 of said Article 72. The
deputy commander shall sign in triplicate certificates serially num-
bered and substantially in the form following:
...............................19....
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...................
cents per bushel, which is to be paid to the Comptroller or his agent.
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Deputy Commander.
The 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 hereinbefore stated. The third
copy shall be forwarded by the deputy commander to the office of the
Commission.
(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 special charge or
tax. Such oysters shall be unloaded only in the presence of an in-
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