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and authority, in conformity to the provisions of this article,
over oysters in the waters adjacent to the port to which they
shall be respectively assigned, as is given to all general measurers
and inspectors of oysters by this article.

1894, ch. 380.

58. Any person or persons may obtain a license as a licensed
oyster measurer and inspector from the clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for Baltimore city or the clerk of the circuit
court for any county wherein he is a citizen, by making applica-
tion and by taking an oath that he will faithfully perform the
duties of a licensed oyster measurer and inspector, and by paying
a fee of twenty dollars for said license, which, amounts shall be
paid by said clerks, respectively, on or before the expiration of
thirty days, to the comptroller, to be placed to the credit of the
oyster fund; the said license shall hold good for the oyster
season. The said licensed oyster measurers shall be under the
direction and control of the general oyster measurers and inspec-
tors; the said licensed oyster measurers and inspectors shall fairly
and impartially measure and inspect, as provided for in this
article, all oysters in the shell, and shall receive for their services
one-half cent per bushel, to be paid equally by the seller and
buyer; any person or persons violating any of the provisions of
this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction before any court having jurisdiction in this State,
shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than
five hundred dollars for each offense, or shall be also imprisoned
in the discretion of the court trying the same.

1898, ch. 449.

59. At the beginning of 'each oyster season the commander of
the State fishery force shall divide the inspection points into ten
inspection districts, of which five districts shall be in the city of
Baltimore, and five other districts as now located, which said dis-
tricts shall be known as districts numbers one to ten, inclusive;
and at the same time the said commander of the State fishery
force shall make assignments of the said general measurers and
inspectors of oysters to the districts in which they are to perform
their duties for the whole oyster season, providing for a weekly
change from district to district, so that no general measurer and