ART. 72] GENERAL MEASURERS AND INSPECTORS. 1603

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 Bal-
timore 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 the State in the sum of fifteen hundred
dollars for the faithful performance of their duties; and the
general measurers and inspectors of oysters shall have the same
power and authority over oysters sold in the waters 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.

1894, ch. 380, sec. 58. 1900, ch. 380.

69. 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 month 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 inspectors
shall take an oath, to be administered by said commander, 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 inspect
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, tc