OYSTERS 2717

packer or commission merchant buying oysters in the State of Maryland
shall furnish to the special inspector of his district a weekly report under
oath showing the number of bushels, bags or barrels of oysters purchased
by him during the preceding week. Every packer or canner of oysters,
and every person selling oysters on commission, when taking out a license
at the beginning of the oyster season as required by Sections 85 and 89
of Article 72, shall make oath that he will furnish such weekly reports
showing correct number of oysters purchased by him during the preceding
week. The said oaths may be made before any general measurer and in-
spector or special measurer, each of whom is hereby authorized and di-
rected to administer such oaths without charge, or before any notary public
or justice of the peace.¹

[79. In addition to the certificates required by Sections 75 and 76
hereof every packer or commission merchant buying oysters in the State
of Maryland shall furnish to the inspector assigned to his district, a weekly
report under oath showing the number of bushels, bags or barrels of oysters
purchased by him during the preceding week.] ²

An. Code, 1924, sec. 85. 1912, sec. 73. 1904, sec. 71. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 60. 1900, ch. 380.

1906, ch. 188, sec. 71.

80. It shall be the duty of said general measurers and inspectors of
oysters to see that the law in reference to the inspection of oysters be
strictly complied with by all subordinates, and the general measurers and
inspectors of oysters shall have authority at all times to enter all places
and all vessels where oysters are being measured and inspected in the shell
and to inspect all the measures or instruments used in measuring oysters
and to see that the inspection laws are properly enforced, and if the mea-
sures are incorrect, the said general measurer and inspector of oysters shall
take possession of the incorrect measures, and the inspectors of oysters
are authorized, directed and required to arrest any person or persons
violating any of the provisions of this article. It shall be the further duty
of the general measurers and inspectors of oysters to return under oath
to the comptroller of the State annually a complete statement of the amount
of oysters inspected or measured in the city, town or port for which they
shall be respectively appointed.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 87. 1912, sec. 75. 1904, sec. 73. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 62. 1898, ch. 449.
1900, ch. 380. 1906, ch. 188, sec. 73. 1916, ch. 702, sec. 75.

81. The general measurers and inspectors for Baltimore City shall
receive a salary of one hundred dollars per month each, and all other gen-
eral measurers and inspectors provided for by Section 74 shall receive a
salary of fifty dollars per month each, the said salaries to be paid only
during the oyster season and for those months in which said general mea-
surers and inspectors are actually engaged in the performance of the duties
of their respective offices. Any person who shall violate any of the pro-

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

² 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.