110 OYSTERS. [ART. 72

adjacent to the port for which they shall be appointed, as
hereinafter given to the general measurers and inspectors over
such city, town or port for which they shall be respectively
appointed.

1900, ch. 380.

58. It shall be the duty of the commander of the State
fishery force, at the commencement of or during the oyster
season in each year, to appoint from the counties producing
oysters for packing purposes in the State not exceeding
seventy five measurers or special inspectors, namely, eight
from Somerset county, seven from Wicomico county, twelve
from Dorchester county, eight from Talbot county, seven
from Queen Anne's county, six from Kent county, seven from
Anne Arundel county, seven from Calvert county, seven from
St. Mary's county and six from Charles county, at a salary
of forty-five dollars per mouth during the eight months of the
oyster season, fifty of whom shall be allotted to Baltimore city
and the remainder to the other ports, and before assuming
the duties of their offices the said measurers and special inspec-
tors shall take an oath, to be administered by said com-
mander, to diligently and faithfully discharge the duties of
their said offices; the said measurers and special inspectors
shall measure all oysters sold in their respective districts, and,
in the absence of a general measurer and inspector, shall in-
spect such oysters as his subordinate; upon the measurement
of any such oysters such measurer or special inspector shall
make a certificate of the number of bushels in triplicate, one
of which shall be given to the purchaser, one to the seller and
the other daily to the general measurer and inspector of the
district where such measurement occurred; a charge of one
cent per bushel is hereby levied to help defray the expenses
of such measurement and other expenses of the State fishery
force, to be charged equally to the buyer and seller, but
to be paid weekly to the Comptroller of the State Treasury
by the buyer; the certificates given the general measurer
and inspectors shall be by them mailed weekly to the Comp-
troller, and in case the amounts of money shown to be due