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whether the same be caught inside the State of Maryland or outside of this
State and that the fines and penalties prescribed for violation of said laws
respectively shall apply to the same extent.
An. Code, see. 12. 1904, sec. 11. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 10.
14. It shall be the duty of the captain or other person in charge of any
vessel from which oysters are being taken, as provided in section 11 of this
article, to keep said vessel at the wharf or other place of delivery until the
inspector of oysters shall have inspected the oysters dumped on deck, as
provided for in said section 11, and give a certificate in form fol-
lowing :
Baltimore, —————————, 19———.
This is to certify that I have this day inspected the oysters contained in
the vessel ————, captain ————, delivered to ————, and found said
cargo to contain ———— per cent, of marketable oysters.
(Signed) ————————————,
Inspector of Oysters.
And any violation of this section by any captain or other person in
charge of any vessel shall be a misdemeanor, and he shall be fined the sum
of one hundred dollars for every such offense.
See notes to secs. 8 and 9.
An. Code, sec. 13. 1904, sec. 12. "1894, ch. 380, sec. 11. 1900, ch. 380.
15. Any packer, commission man, boatman or other person who shall
conspire or agree with any other person to evade any of the provisions of
this article, or who shall connive at or participate in such violation shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor. It shall be unlawful for any captain or other
person in charge of a vessel to discharge his ovsters, or for any packing-
house or any other person to receive oysters between the hours of 8 o'clock
P. M. and 6 o'clock A. M. Any violation of this section shall be a misde-
meanor punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and not
more than five hundred dollars for each offense on conviction before a court
of competent jurisdiction; one-half of said fine to so to the informer and
the other one-half to the comptroller to be placed to the credit of the oyster
fund, unless the informer be an officer of the state fishery force. And the
general inspectors and measurers or special inspectors shall be on duty
continuously during the working or delivery hours, viz: from 6 A. M. to
8 P. M.
See notes to secs. 8 and 9.
An. Code, sec. 14. 1904, sec. 13. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 12.
16. It shall be the duty of general measurers and inspectors of oysters
and other officers of the police force to supervise the operation of this
article and diligently to aid in the enforcement of its provisions, and they
or any of them are authorized and empowered to enter into any house or
boat or any other place where oysters may be dumped or stored to inspect
the same at any time; and any packer, commission man or boatman who
shall refuse to open his house or boat where oysters may be dumped or
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