OYSTERS 2715

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, without other process of law. The
inspection charge of two-thirds of a cent per bushel hereby levied is also
made a charge on oysters caught beyond the limits of the State of Mary-
land and brought within the State, and sold by commission merchants and
others selling by less than the cargo, and also an inspection charge of two
cents per barrel containing not more than three bushels of oysters caught
beyond the limits of the State of Maryland and brought within said State;
on oysters caught beyond the limits of the State of Maryland and brought
within said State in bags, an inspection charge of one and one-half cents
per bag containing not more than two bushels; and all transportation
companies carrying oysters in the shell caught beyond 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 board 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 commis-
sion merchant or retailer, and in the performance of their duty said
special inspectors are authorized and directed to visit the places where
oysters caught beyond the limits of the State of Maryland and brought
within said State in less than cargo lots are sold, and get from such seller
a statement, under oath, as to the number of bushels sold from time to
time, and return to the general measurers and inspectors a certificate
thereof, to be forwarded to the Comptroller, as required in the case of
certificates for cargoes, and payment of the amounts so found to be due
shall be similarly enforced. Wherever it is claimed that oysters found
within the State of Maryland were caught beyond the limits of said State,
the burden shall be upon the person making such claim to establish the
truth thereof by clear and satisfactory evidence. All such special inspec-
tors may be removed at any time by the Conservation Commission for
neglect or malfeasance in office. The Commission shall furnish to each
of said special inspectors certificates in book form, supplied with carbon
paper, so that each of said triplicate certificates shall be exactly the same;
the form of the certificates shall be as follows:

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I hereby certify that I have this day inspected for captain...........

................. of the schooner...................... a cargo of

oysters caught beyond the limits of the State of Maryland, and sold to
.................. and found same to contain............. bushels of

merchantable oysters and............ bushels of unmerchantable oysters.

(Signed).....................

The provisions of this section shall apply to all oysters caught beyond
the limits of the State of Maryland and brought within this State, irre-
spective of the fact that the said oysters may have been caught upon bot-
toms leased to or controlled by the person in whose possession they are
inspected within this State, it being the intention of the law that the tax
on all such oysters shall be collected, whether or not there be an actual
sale thereof prior to shucking or shipping the same.

The State Conservation Commission of Maryland shall not expend more
than eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) of the funds derived from the
fees provided for in Sections 75 and 76 of this Article in planting oyster
shells and in transplanting small oysters,