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of which shall be retained and the other shall be delivered to the ultimate
buyer of said oysters as hereinbefore stated. The third copy shall be for-
warded by the deputy commander to the office of the Commission.

(2) Oysters caught upon reserved areas shall not be removed therefrom
until the Deputy Commander in charge thereof shall have issued said cer-
tificates, 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 five dollars per vessel, such license to be issued only after the
captain of such vessel has taken an oath before said Commission, or its
agent, that he will not remove oysters caught upon such reserved areas
until the Deputy Commander's certificates 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 oys-
ters 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 reopens same, as above pro-
vided unless the Commission shall have named a prior closing date, in
which event the area shall remain closed until it is opened to the public
in the same manner as hereinbefore provided. If, after the close of the
then current oyster season, the Commission does not again set aside the
said area for replenishing, it shall at the beginning of the following season
be thrown open to public use in the same manner as other natural beds and
bars are now used. 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 sub-
ject to the penalties provided for in Section 156 of this Article.

An. Code, 1924. sec. 1G1. 1912, sec. 135B. 1917, ch. 12, sec. 135B. 1923 ch 543

1927, ch. 123, sec. 161.

161. The Conservation Commission of Maryland is authorized to
select and reserve for a period not exceeding two years for oyster conserva-