2718 ARTICLE 72

visions of sections 74, 75, 79 to 81, inclusive, of this Article, or who shall
interfere with the general measurers or inspectors of oysters or the special
inspectors in the discharge of their duties, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction before any justice of the peace or
court of competent jurisdiction, shall pay a fine of fifty dollars and costs,
one-half of said fine to the informer, unless he be an officer under this-
Article, and the other half to the Comptroller,. to the credit of the oyster
fund. In default of payment of fine and costs, the party convicted shall
be confined in jail for not more than twenty days. Each and every in-
spector shall report monthly to the Conservation Commission, or oftener,
if required by them, concerning all the oysters which may be disposed of
within his inspection district, and such reports shall be a full and com-
plete account of all sales of oysters that have been made within such dis-
tricts. The Commission may at any time for good cause shown suspend
or remove any inspector from office.¹

For abolition of informer's fees, see art. 38, sec. 3.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 88. 1912, sec. 76. 1904, sec. 74. 1894, ch. 380, sec. 63. 1896, ch. 418.

1900, ch. 380.

82. All oysters sold in this State shall be measured either in a one-
half bushel tub, a bushel tub, a bushel and one-half tub or a three bushel
tub, and no instruments shall be used for measuring oysters in the shell
but an iron circular tub with straight sides and straight solid bottom, with
holes in bottom for draining, such holes to be no larger, however, than
one inch in diameter; a half-bushel tub shall have the following dimen-
sions, all measurements to be from inside to inside: fifteen inches across
the top, thirteen inches across the bottom, and seventeen inches diagonally
from the inside chime to the top; a bushel tub shall measure sixteen and
one-half inches across at the bottom from inside to inside, twenty-one
inches diagonally from the inside chime to the top, and eighteen inches
across from inside to inside from the top; a bushel and one-half tub shall
measure nineteen inches across the top from inside to inside, eighteen
inches across the bottom from inside to inside, and twenty-four inches
diagonally from the inside chime to the top; a three-bushel tub shall mea-
sure twenty-four inches across the top from inside to inside, twenty-two
inches from inside to inside at the bottom,¹ and twenty-nine twenty-six-
hundredths inches diagonally from the inside chime to the top, and all
oysters measured in the shell as required by law shall be even measure
to the top of the tub only, and any person or persons engaged in the busi-
ness of buying or selling oysters in this State who shall own or have in
his possession any instrument or measurement for oysters in the shell
which differs in size or description from the measure hereinbefore men-
tioned, or shall demand a greater measure than hereinbefore mentioned,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished upon conviction before a
court of competent jurisdiction, to be fined a sum of not less than fifty
dollars nor more than one hundred, dollars, or committed to the house of
correction for a period of not less than three months nor more than six
months, or both, in the discretion of the judge or justice of the peace try-
ing the same; and in case a fine is imposed under the provisions of this

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.