OYSTERS. 2273

An. Code, sec. 68H. 1912, ch. 4, sec. 9.

78. If any oyster inspector or other officer empowered with the duties
of enforcing the provisions of sections 71-79, knowingly fail to report vio-
lations of the same or to perform any of the duties herein required of
him, he shall, for every such offense, be liable to a fine of one hundred dol-
lars, to be,applied to the oyster fund of his State.
This section is a duplicate of art. 39, sec. 66.

An. Code, sec. 681. 1912, ch. 4, sec. 11.

79. Nothing in sections 71-79. shall be construed in any way to im-
pair, alter or abridge any rights which either State, or the citizens thereof,
may be entitled to, either by, through, under or against the compact en-
tered into between the States of Maryland and Virginia on March 28th,
1785.

This section is the same as art. 39, sec. 67.

General Measurers and Inspectors.

An. Code, sec. 69. 1904, sec. 68. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 57. 1900, ch. 380. 1906, ch. 188, sec. 68.

1916, ch. 702, sec. 69.

80. The Conservation Commission 1 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 as 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 dol-
lars, 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 herein-
after given to the general measurers and inspectors over such city, town or
port for which they shall be respectively named.

This section referred to in construing sec. 81—see notes thereto. Foote v. Stanley,
117 Md. 346 (reversed in 58 L. Ed. 698).

An. Code, sec. 70. 1904, sec. 69. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 58. 1900, ch. 380. 1906, ch. 188, sec. 69.
1908, ch. 488. 1910, ch. 413, sec. 69 (p. 205). 1916, ch. 702, sec. 70. 1922, ch. 279, sec. 70.

81. The Conservation Commission,1 at the commencement of or during
the oyster season in each year, as needed, shall appoint from the counties
producing oysters for packing purposes in the State, not exceeding twenty
special inspectors at a salary of sixty 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.

See foot-note to sec. 62.

1 Superseded by conservation commissioner—see art. 41, sec. 112, and art. 19A.