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one of which shall be retained and the other shall be delivered to the ulti-
mate 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 inspector, whose duty it
shall be to inspect, measure and report upon such oysters in the same
manner as upon other oysters caught and sold in this State.

(4) Oysters caught upon reserved areas shall not be shipped out of the
State of Maryland until the special charge or tax shall have been paid.

(5) Oysters caught upon reserved areas shall be culled in accordance
with the existing law relating to culling, and the under-sized oysters shall
be returned to the natural bars from which they were taken.

(6) Before any oysters are caught upon such reserved areas, the cap-
tain of each vessel shall take out a special license from the Commission,
at a cost of one dollar per vessel, such license to be issued only after the
captain of such vessel has taken an oath before a member of said Com-
mission, or their agent, that he will not remove oysters caught upon such
reserved areas until the deputy commander's certificate in the form above
provided, has been issued to him, that he will faithfully comply with all
provisions of law regulating the catching of oysters upon reserved areas,
and that he will pay, or cause to be paid, the special charge or tax upon
all such oysters so caught by him.

Catching oysters upon such reserved areas shall continue subject to the
foregoing conditions and restrictions during the remainder of the oyster
season current at the time the Commission re-opens same, as above pro-
vided. Thereafter the said areas shall be thrown open to public use in
the same manner as other natural beds and bars are now used, unless the
said areas are again set aside for replenishing, in accordance with the
provisions of this sub-title. Any person who shall catch oysters upon
such reserved areas contrary to the provisions, conditions and restrictions
of this Section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be imprisoned for not less than three months, nor more than
one year, in the discretion of the Court.

An. Code, sec. 135. 1914, ch. 753. 1917, ch. 12, sec. 135.

159. The Comptroller of the State Treasury shall pass the amount
of the special charge or tax, provided .for by this sub-title, to the credit
of the " Conservation Fund." This fund shall be drawn upon for reim-
bursing to persons holding the deputy commander's certificates, the ex-
pense of catching, removing and transplanting seed oysters, to be deter-
mined by the Commission but not to exceed ten cents per bushel; and any