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ments of said force, and report monthly to the board of pub-
lic works. The said commander shall be_< permitted to have
a clerk at a salary not exceeding seven hundred dollars per
annum; said clerk shall remain at the office in Annapolis and
issue, by power, all orders necessary for the proper mainte-
nance and supply of said force; he shall, as often as practica-
ble, hold consultations with said commander, and take orders
from him for the duties which he is to perform, and in the
absence of said commander he shall, as required by the said
commander, report fully to the board of public works.

Locating Oyster Lots.

1900, ch. 380.

46A. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons or cor-
poration to locate or appropriate any natural bar or bed of
oysters by certificate, as provided in section 46 of this article,
and such unlawful location is hereby declared a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction before a court of competent jurisdiction
or justice of the peace, there shall be a fine of not less than
fifty dollars or imprisonment for not more than three months,
or both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

General Measurers and Inspectors.

1900, ch. 380.

57. The Governor, at each session of the General Assembly,
shall appoint five persons for the city of Baltimore, two per-
sons for Annapolis, two for Oxford, one for Tilghman's Island,
one for St. Michael's, three for Cambridge, one for Nanticoke
and one for Crisfield, to be known as general measurers and
inspectors of oysters for the city, town or port and adjacent
waters for which they shall respectively be appointed. Each
general measurer and inspector of oysters for the city of
Baltimore shall give bond to the State of Maryland in the
sum of three thousand dollars, and all other measurers and
inspectors shall give bond to said State in the sum of fifteen
hundred dollars for the faithful performance of their duties
and the general measurer and inspector of oysters shall have
the same power and authority over oysters sold in the waters