ART. 72] GENERAL MEASURERS AND INSPECTORS. 487

to inside from the top; a bushel and one-half tub shall measure
nineteen inches across the top from inside to inside, eighteen
inches from inside to inside at the bottom, and twenty-four inches
diagonally from the inside chime to the top; a three bushel tub
shall measure twenty-four inches across the top from inside to
inside at the top, twenty-two inches at the bottom from the
inside to the inside at the bottom, and twenty-nine and twenty-
six one-hundredths inches diagonally from the inside chime to
the top; and all oysters measured in the shell, as required by
law, shall be struck measure—struck evenly with a straight-edge;
and any person or persons engaged in the business of buying or
selling oysters in this State, who shall own or have in his possess-
ion any instrument of measurement for oysters in the shell which
differs in size or description from the measure hereinbefore men-
tioned, with intent to use the same for measuring oysters, or who
shall demand a greater measure than herein specified, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction before a judge of
the circuit court or a justice of the peace having jurisdiction, to
be fined a sum of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars, or committed to the house of correction for a
period of not less than three months nor more than six months,
or both, in the discretion of the judge or justice of the peace
trying the same; and in case a fine is imposed under the provis-
ions of this section, said fine to be paid over by the officer making
the arrest to the comptroller of the State, to be credited to the
"Oyster Fund; " one-half, however, to be paid to the informer.

1894, ch. 380.

64. In addition to the charges herein mentioned for compen-
sation to the general measurers and inspectors of oysters, it
shall be unlawful for the buyer of any cargo or part of a cargo
of oysters sold in the shell, to exact of or retain from the pro-
ceeds of said cargo or part of a cargo due the seller, a larger or
greater sum or amount than one-half cent per bushel, in which
shall be included the amount now allowed by law to be paid by
the seller to the licensed measurer and inspector; and any person
or persons charging or exacting a larger sum shall be subject to
a fine of fifty dollars, upon conviction before any justice of the
peace, one-half of said fine to be paid to the informer and the