ART. 72.] OYSTERS—GENERAL MEASURERS. 1063

authority at all times to enter all places and all vessels where
oysters are being measured in the shell, and to inspect all the
measurements or instruments used in measuring oysters; and if
these measurers are incorrect, the said general measurers of
oysters shall take possession of the incorrect measures and prose-
cute in the name of the State the party or parties found using
said incorrect measures; and the said general measurers of
oysters are authorized and empowered to arrest all parties
violating any of the provisions of this article in reference
to the measurement of oysters; and it shall be the duty of the
judge of the court of common pleas of the city of Baltimore, or
the judge of the circuit court for any of the counties of this
State, upon petition of any of the general measurers of oysters
alleging that any licensed measurer of oysters has been convicted
of violating any of the provisions of this article in reference
to the measurement of oysters, and the production of the
record or a copy thereof, of the court or justice of the peace
where such conviction was had, to suppress the license of such
licensed measurer; and no license shall be granted to him for the
remainder of the oyster season in which such license was sup-
pressed ; and it shall further be the duty of the general measurers
of oysters, under oath, to return to the governor annually the
amount of oysters measured in the city, town or port for which
they shall be respectively appointed.

1888, ch. 281, sec. 5.

61. The general measurers of oysters of Baltimore city, or a
majority of them, are empowered and authorized to suspend
the right or privilege of any person licensed to measure oysters
in said city, to measure oysters under said license; provided,
however, that no such right to suspend shall exist unless a
charge is pending against said licensed measurer for a violation
of the provisions of this article in reference to the measurement
of oysters; and if such charge shall be dismissed by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such suspension shall end, and the captain
or owner of the vessel shall designate the measurer or licensed
measurer to measure the oysters sold out of said vessel.