2714 ARTICLE 72

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 six 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 four cents per bag containing not more than
two bushels; and all transportation companies carrying oysters in the
shell caught within the limits of the State of Maryland, consigned to Balti-
more, shall furnish to the inspector or collector of oyster tax, a copy of
their manifest showing the number of bushels on board on arrival of
steamer and to whom consigned, and the 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 inspectors are authorized and directed to visit places
where oysters caught within the limits of the State of Maryland in less
than cargo lots are sold, and get from such sellers a statement under oath
as to the number of bushels sold from time to time and return to the in-
spectors a certificate thereof to be forwarded to the Comptroller as required
in the case of certificates for cargo, and the. payments of .the amounts so
found to be due shall be. similarly enforced. All oysters found within the
State of Maryland shall be presumed to have been caught within the
limits of the State of Maryland and the burden of proof shall be upon any
one claiming to the contrary to establish his said claim by clear and
satisfactory evidence. The Commissioner of Fisheries shall furnish to
each of the county inspectors and deputy inspectors certificates in book
form, supplied with carbon paper, so that each of the said triplicate cer-
tificates shall be exactly the same; the form of the certificate shall be as
follows:

....................19.....

I hereby certify that I have this date'inspected for Captain...........

schooner............. a cargo of oysters caught within the limits of the

State of Maryland, sold to................... and found the same to

contain......... bushels of merchantable oysters and ........ bushels

of unmerchantable oysters.

Signed............................]

An. Code, 1924, sec. 82. 1912, sec. 71. 1914, ch. 154. 1916, ch. 702, sec. 71. 1922,

ch, 279, sec. 71.

76. The special inspectors provided for in Section 75 of this Article
shall likewise inspect in the manner set forth in said Section 75 all
oysters caught beyond the limits of the State of Maryland and brought
within said State, and an inspection charge of two-thirds of a cent per
bushel is hereby levied in order to help defray the expense of such inspec-
tion upon all oysters unloaded 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 cer-
tificate giyen the general measurer and 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

¹ This section added by Ch. 353, 1939, but as said Act is subject to referendum vote
at the November election, 1940, said Act will not become effective unless a majority
of the voters voting thereon are in favor of said Act. If said Act is approved, this
section will become effective Dec. 5, 1940.