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agent, that he will not remove oysters caught upon such reserved areas
until the Deputy Commander's certificates in the form above provided, has
been, issued to him, that he will faithfully comply with all .provisions of
law regulating the catching of oysters upon reserved areas, and. that he
will pay, or cause to be paid, the special charge or tax upon all such
oysters so caught by him.

Catching oysters upon such reserved areas shall continue subject to the
foregoing conditions and restrictions during the remainder of the oyster
season current a't the time the Commission reopens same, as above pro-
vided unless the Commission shall have named a prior closing date, in
which event the area shall remain closed until it is opened to the public
in the same manner as hereinbefore provided. If, after the close of the
then current oyster season, the Commission does not again set aside the
said area for replenishing, it shall at the beginning of the following'season
be thrown open to public use in the same manner as other natural beds and
bars are now used. Any person who shallcatch oysters upon such reserved
areas contrary to the provisions, conditions and restrictions of this Section,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be sub-
ject to the penalties provided for in Section 159 of this Article.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 159. 1912, sec. 135. 1914, ch. 753. 1917, ch. 12, sec...135.

162. The Comptroller of the State Treasury shall pass the amount
of the special charge or tax, provided for by this sub-title, to the credit
of the "Conservation Fund." This fund shall be drawn upon for the reim-
bursing to persons holding the deputy commander's certificates, the ex-
pense of catching, removing and transplanting seed oysters, to be deter-
mined by the Commission but not to exceed ten cents per bushel; and any
excess of said tax thereafter remaining may be used for purchasing oyster
shells or other cultch or obtaining other seed oysters, to be transplanted
upon such areas as may be hereafter set apart for that purpose.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 160. 1912, sec. 135A. 1917, ch. 12, sec. 135A.

163. The Conservation Commission of Maryland is hereby authorized
to select and reserve for oyster cultivation as provided in this sub-title
any portion or portions of the natural beds, bars and rocks within the-
scraping areas of this State, and to close the area so reserved for such
times as the Commission may fix, to transplant seed oysters, shells, or other
cultch thereon, and re-open the same for public use, subject to all the con-
ditions and restrictions set forth in Section 161 of this sub-title, including
the payment of the charge or tax to be fixed by the Commission as therein
prescribed, and the Commission is empowered to pay the cost of trans-
planting seed oysters not to exceed ten cents per bushel, and shells not to
exceed five cents per bushel, in the manner stated in Section 160 of this
Article, provided that oysters planted upon such reserved scraping areas
shall be caught only by scrapers of the County in which said reserved
area is located, holding licenses for the current season, who shall take out
a special license from the Commission or one of its inspectors or deputy
commanders at a cost of one dollar each, after taking the oath prescribed
in paragraph 6 of Section 161 of this Article.