OYSTEES. 2305

as possible the number of bushels transplanted, and shall be serially num-
bered 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.

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 author-
ized shall be borne by the person to whom such permit and certificate
shall have been issued, provided, however, that such expense, to be deter-
mined by the Commission but not to exceed ten cents per bushel, shall be
reimbursed to him, or his assigns, by the Comptroller, upon the preserva-
tion and surrender of his certificate, out of the " Conservation Fund,"
provided for by Section 159. The commander may act for any deputy
commander in the performance of the duties above mentioned.

An. Code, sec. 134. 1914, ch. 753. 1917, ch. 12. sec. 134.

158. From and after the date designated by the Commission for re-
opening of such reserved areas, until the closing of the dredging season
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 fol-
lowing 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 vessels, 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 81 of said Article 72. The deputy commander shall sign
in triplicate certificates serially numbered 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.

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,