708 ARTICLE 19A

foods, who may ship direct, for the purpose of ascertaining the total num-
ber of bushels of oysters caught within the waters of the State of Mary-
land, the number of gallons shucked and shipped, the pounds of crabs and
crab meat, quantities of soft crabs and clams, quantities of each kind of fish,
and also the quantity in bushels or gallons of oysters that are purchased
from points out of the State, and shall file with the Commission weekly
reports showing the result of such audit.

In order to enable said secretary to secure the information required,
all persons engaged in the pursuits mentioned herein shall keep books, state-
ments and accounts, and all such books, statements and accounts shall be
open to inspection by the secretary or his duly authorized agents at all times.

Any person violatrng the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $100,
nor more than $500, and shall be adjudged in contempt of court until he
complies therewith. All monies arising from fines collected under this
section shall be remitted to the Comptroller for credit to the Conservation
Fund.

1939, ch. 353, sec. 11.

11. (a) The surveyor shall have charge of surveying and marking
natural oyster bars, reserved areas, leased bottoms, crabbing grounds, clam
grounds and pound nets, and shall perform such other surveying or engi-
neering work as may be required by the Commissioner.

(b) The captain shall be in command of all vessels and boats owned or
controlled by the Commission, and under the control and direction of the
Commissioner shall supervise the maintenance and replacement of the
same and perform such other duties as the Commissioner may direct. The
captain shall have and exercise all the powers and authority conferred by
this Article upon the county inspectors hereinafter provided for.

(c) The Director of the Marine Laboratory and Biological Research
under the supervision and direction of the Commissioner shall have charge
of the Marine Laboratory and the Biological Research carried on in connec-
tion therewith, and shall perform such other duties as the Commissioner
may direct.

1939, ch. 353, sec. 12.

12. The Commissioner, with the approval of the Commission, shall
appoint a county inspector for each tidewater county, each of whom shall
receive such salary not to exceed $1,500 per annum as may be fixed in the
budget, and each of whom shall give bond to the State of Maryland, in the
penalty of $1,000, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties
imposed upon them by this Article. Each county inspector shall be respon-
sible for the enforcement of all laws and regulations pertaining to fisheries,
and for the inspection of all oysters, crabs and fish taken within the county
for which he is appointed and in such parts of the Atlantic Ocean and its
tributaries and the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries as may be designated
by the Commissioner. Each county inspector shall have the right to arrest,
seize and confiscate as provided by law, shall have authority over any
deputy inspector who may be placed under him and shall be directly respon-
sible to the Commissioner of Fisheries and subject to his orders. Each
county inspector shall be charged with the duty of enforcing the laws
requiring tonging, dredging, clamming, crabbing, pound net seine and