OYSTERS. 415

ing the oyster season in each year, as needed, shall appoint from the coun-
ties producing oysters for packing purposes in the State, not exceeding
twenty special inspectors at a salary of seventy-five dollars per month, while
actually employed during the oyster season, and they shall be stationed at
such places as in the judgment of said Commissioner their services may be
needed. There shall also be appointed by the Commissioner not over five
special inspectors for Baltimore City, at a salary of ninety dollars per
month, while actually employed during the oyster season. Before assum-
ing the duties of their offices the said special inspectors shall take an oath,
to be administered by the Commissioner, to diligently and faithfully dis-
charge the duties of their said offices; each said special inspector shall in-
spect all oysters in the district to which he is assigned; upon the inspection
of any such oysters, each special inspector shall make a certificate of the
number of bushels in triplicate, one of which shall be given to the pur-
chaser, 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 expenses 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 Fish-
ery 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 three cents per bushel is hereby levied
upon all oysters caught within the limits of the State of Maryland, un-
loaded 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 or
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 three 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 nine

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

six 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 in-

spector or collector of oyster tax, a copy of their manifest showing the
number of bushels on beard 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 in-