2274 ARTICLE 72.

There shall also be appointed by the Commission not over five special
inspectors for Baltimore City, at a salary of seventy-five dollars per month,
while actually employed during the oyster season. 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 inspec-
tor 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 certifi-
cate 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 expense occasioned by the inspection of oysters caught
within the limits of the State of Maryland as provided for by this section
and by the other sections of this article, including the expense 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 two cents 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 Comptroller of the State Treasury,
or his agent, by the buyers; the certificate given the general measurer and
inspector shall be by him mailed weekly to the Comptroller or his agent,
and in case the amounts of money shown to be due be not paid in one week
thereafter to the Comptroller or his agent, which is hereby required to be
done, the properties of the parties so indebted may be levied 'on and sold
by the said Comptroller or his agent, as in cases of taxes in default, with-
out other process of law; the said inspection charge of two cents per bushel
hereby levied is also made a charge on oysters caught within the limits
of the State of Maryland and sold by commission merchants and others
selling by less than the cargo; and also an inspection charge of six cents
per barrel containing not more than three bushels of oysters caught within
the limits of the State of Maryland; on oysters caught within the limits
of the State of Maryland contained in bags an inspection charge of four
cents per bag containing not more than two bushels; and all transporta-
tion companies carrying oysters in the shell caught within the limits of
the State of Maryland, consigned to Baltimore, shall furnish to the
oyster inspector or collector of oyster tax, a copy of their manifest show-
ing the number of bushels on board on arrival of steamer and to whom
consigned, and the special inspectors are charged with the duty of seeing
that the proper returns are made for the purpose of this section by such
commission merchant or retailer, and in performance of their duty the
said special inspectors are authorized and directed to visit places where
oysters caught within the limits of the State of Maryland in less than
cargo lots are sold, and get from such sellers a statement under oath as
to the number of bushels sold from time to time and return to the general
measurers and inspectors a certificate thereof to be forwarded to the
Comptroller as required in the case of certificates for cargoes, and the pay-