OYSTERS 2747

An. Code, 1924, sec. 158. 1912, sec. 134. 1914, ch. 753. 1917, ch. 12, sec. 134.

1927, ch. 123, sec. 158.

161. From and after the date designated by the Commission for re-
opening of such reserved areas, until the date designated by it for closing
same, oysters shall be caught upon such reserved areas only by dredgers,
scrapers or tongers of the State holding licenses for the current season,
in the manner now prescribed by law, and subject also to the following
special conditions and restrictions, viz:

(1) Oysters caught upon reserved areas shall be subject to a special
charge or tax to be fixed by the Commission and to be announced in the
advertisement re-opening such area or areas, said charge or tax to be not
less than ten cents per bushel, nor more than twenty cents per bushel,
which tax shall be collected by the buyers at the place where said oysters
are to be no further shipped in bulk in vessels, and shall be paid weekly
to the Comptroller or his agent by the buyers, such tax to be in addition
to any other charge on oysters now or hereinafter imposed by law, and pay-
ment thereof to be enforced in the same manner as the inspection tax pro-
vided for by Section 75 of said Article 72. The Deputy Commander shall
sign in triplicate certificates serially numbered and substantially in the
form following:

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

I hereby certify that the cargo of oysters loaded by Captain.........

of the vessel..................... was taken from reserved areas and is

subject to a tax of.............cents per bushel, which is to be paid to.

the Comptroller or his agent.

Deputy Commander.

The copies of each certificate so issued shall be given the captain of the
vessel in which oysters are to be transported from such reserved areas, one
of which shall be retained and the other shall be delivered to the ultimate
buyer of said oysters as hereinbefore stated. The third copy shall be for-
warded by the deputy commander to the office of the Commission.

(2) Oysters caught upon reserved areas shall not be removed therefrom
until the Deputy Commander in charge thereof shall have issued said cer-
tificates, as above provided.

(3) Said oysters shall be inspected and measured at the place of sale
where the oysters are to be no further shipped in bulk in vessels, and before
unloading the captain of each vessel shall exhibit and deliver to the buyer
one of the certificates furnished by the Deputy Commander, showing that
such cargo of oysters is subject to the special charge or tax. Such oysters
shall be unloaded only in the presence of an inspector, whose duty it shall
be to inspect, measure and report upon such oysters in the same manner
as upon other oysters caught and sold in this State.

(4) Oysters caught upon reserved areas shall not be shipped out of the
State of Maryland until the special charge or tax shall have been paid.

(5) Oysters caught upon reserved areas shall be culled in accordance
with the existing law relating to culling, and the under-sized oysters shall
be returned to the natural bars from which they were taken.

(6) Before any oysters are caught upon such reserved areas, the cap-
tain of each vessel shall take out a special license from the Commission
at a cost of five dollars per vessel, such license to be issued only after the
captain of such vessel has taken an oath before said Commission, or its