ART. 72] CULLING. 457

to have the contents of every fiftieth tub, or measure, or any
other tub or measure he may deem necessary, dumped on the
deck of the vessel from which such oysters are being taken, and
the same shall be kept away and separate from any other oysters
or oyster shells; and any person disturbing or interfering in any
manner with the oysters so dumped shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and fined the sum of one hundred dollars; and after the
whole cargo, or vessel load, or the quantity of oysters so pur-
chased shall have been measured and ascertained, it shall there-
upon be the duty of the inspector of oysters to proceed to separ-
ate from the oysters dumped on deck, as hereinbefore provided,
all shells and oysters whose shells measure less than two and. one-
half inches in length from hinge to mouth; and he shall then
proceed to measure the said shells and oysters whose shells meas-
ure less than two and one half inches in length from hinge to
mouth, and shall make a written memorandum of the number of
bushels of oysters remaining after such separation, and shall
ascertain as nearly as possible the exact proportion of shells and
oysters whose shells measure less than two and one-half inches in
length from hinge to month, to marketable oysters contained in
the quantity dumped, as hereinbefore provided, and the percent-
age so ascertained shall be deemed, for the purpose of this article,
to be the proper percentage of shells and oysters whose shells
measure less than two and one-half inches in length from hinge
to mouth, contained in the cargo or portion of a cargo so pur-
chased; and if said percentage shall be more than five per cent,
of the cargo or portion of cargo so purchased, then the said cargo
shall be deemed to be unculled.

1894, ch. 380.

10. It shall be the duty of the captain or other person in
charge of any vessel, - from which oysters are being taken, as pro-
vided in section 9 of this article, to keep said vessel at the
wharf or other place of delivery until the inspector of oysters
shall have inspected the oysters dumped on deck, as provided for
in the preceding section, and give a certificate in form following:

BALTIMORE, ————, 18—.

This is to certify, that I have this day inspected the oysters
contained in the vessel ————, captain ————, delivered to