484 OYSTERS. [ART. 72

inspector of oysters shall serve more than one week at a time in
any one district, and in changing the inspectors and measurers
from district to district whenever practicable, they shall be trans-
ported by the State fishery force without charge for passage.

1894, ch. 380.

60. It shall be the duty of said general measurers and inspec-
tors of oysters to see that the licensed measurers and inspectors
are licensed as required by law, that they shall properly measure
and inspect the oysters, and that the law in reference to the
measurement and inspection of oysters be strictly complied with;
and the general measurers and inspectors of oysters shall have
the authority at all times to enter all places and all vessels where
oysters are being measured and inspected in the shell, and to
inspect all the measurements or instruments used in measuring
oysters, and to see that the inspection laws are properly enforced;
and if the measures are incorrect the said general measurer and „
inspector of oysters shall take possession of the incorrect meas-
ures; and the said general measurers and inspectors of oysters
are authorized, directed and required to arrest any person or
persons violating any of the provisions of this article; 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
oyster measurers and inspectors of oysters, alleging that any
licensed measurer and inspector of oysters has been convicted of
violating any of the provisions of this section in reference to
the measurement and inspection of oysters, and the production
of the record of 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 inspector; and no license shall be
granted to him for the remainder of the oyster season. It shall
be the further duty of the general measurers and inspectors of
oysters, under oath, to return to the Governor of the State
annually the amount of oysters measured and inspected, in the
city, town or port for which they shall be respectively appointed.

Ibid.

61. The general measurers and inspectors of oysters of Balti-
more city, or a majority of them, are empowered and authorized