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and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not more than
Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each offense.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 87.

107. (Packers and Shippers Licenses.) Any person desiring to engage
iri the business of picking, canning or packing crabs in any way, or buy-
ing or marketing crabs, shall first obtain a license from the clerk of the
circuit court for the county in which he resides or does business, or from
the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas if he resides or 'does business in
Baltimore City, such license to be good for the year of issue only, and
shall pay the following fees: (1) For each person, firm or corporation en-
gaged in the business of picking, canning, packing or shipping cooked
hard or soft crabs or crab meat (except persons picking and selling crab
meat for local family trade), a license fee of $10; (2) for each person,
firm or corporation engaged iri the business of selling, marketing or ship-
ping live hard or soft crabs by barrel or crate, a license fee of $5; pro-
vided that any person who is duly licensed to ship or pack crabs shall not
be required to procure further license.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 88.

108. (Sponge Crabs.) It shall be unlawful for any person to catch,
offer for sale or hold in his possession at any time, any female crabs bearing
eggs visible thereon (sponge crabs) or any female crab from which the
egg pouch or bunion has been removed.

1929, ch. 471, sec. 89.

109. (Regulations on Certain Kinds and Sizes of Crabs.) It shall be
unlawful for any person to take, catch or have in his possession any hard
crabs, measuring less than five inches across the shell from tip to tip of
spike, or any peelers (which are hereby defined as having a soft shell fully
developed under the hard shell, on which there is a pink line or rim on the
edge of that part of the back fin next to the outer section of this fin) meas-
uring less than three inches across the shell from tip to tip of spike, or
any soft crabs measuring less than three and one-half inches across the
shell from tip to tip of spike; nor shall any person take, catch or have
in his possession any egg-bearing female crab, known as the spawn crab,
sponge crab, blooming female crab, or mother crab, nor any female crab
from which the egg pouch or bunion has been removed, nor shall any per-
son take, catch or keep in floats or in his possession any fat crab, or any
crab known as snot crab or green crab, or buckram crab (a crab that has
a paper shell). The provisions of this section shall apply to all waters of
the State of Maryland, and any person violating any provisions of this
section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be fined
as hereinafter provided, and in addition thereto the Deputy Commanders
and Inspectors of the State Fishery Force are hereby authorized to con-
fiscate and liberate into the waters of the State any fat crab, snot crab,
green crab, buckram crab wherever found and held in violation of this
section, and said officers are further authorized to confiscate any hard
crabs, peelers or soft crabs of a size less than the measurements herein-
before provided, wherever found, and shall dispose of any crabs so con-
fiscated under the direction of the Conservation Commission to the best
interests of the State.