ART. 72] CULLING. 99

Talbot, Anne Arundel and Dorchester counties, or within one
and a half miles of Sandy Point, Hackett's Point, Tolley's Point,
Thomas' Point, Holland's Island bar and Three Sisters and
Holland's Point bar with any implement or device other than
ordinary rakes and tongs with wooden shafts, to be used
entirely by hand, and without any ropes or hoisting gear what-
ever. Any person or persons violating any one of the pro-
visions of this section shall be liable to the penalties prescribed
in the preceding section for taking oysters with rakes and
tongs without license; and the waters within one and a half
miles of Sandy Point, Hackett's Point, Tolley's Point, Thomas'
Point, Holland's Island bar and Three Sisters and Holland's
Point bar, shall be held and considered to be within the limits
of Anne Arundel county for the purpose of this section and
article; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not
apply to Swan Point bar, Bock Hall creek and Swan creek
and all waters north of Swan Point bar. Nothing in this
section to affect offenses committed in whole or in part before
its enactment nor pending prosecutions for past offenses.

Culling.

1900, ch. 380.

8. Any person who shall have oysters in bis possession
which contain more than five per cent, of shells, and oysters
less than two and one-half inches from hinge to mouth, which
for the purpose of this article are declared to be unmerchant-
able oysters, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and in ascer-
taining such percentage the officers of the oyster police force,
and the measurers and inspectors, are hereby authorized and
directed to select such amount of oysters from any pile, hold,
bin, house or other place, as he may think proper, and to
require the same to be culled and disposed of, as provided in
section nine of this article; and any person violating any of
the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalties
and fines, as provided in section nine of this article, in pre-
cisely the same manner as if he were a captain of a boat.

Ibid.

9. It shall be unlawful for any packer, commission man or
other person to purchase or receive any cargo or any part of a