1606 OYSTERS. [ART. 72

or inspect oysters under said license; provided, however, that
no such right to suspend shall exist unless a charge is pend-
ing against said licensed measurer and inspector for a viola-
tion of the provisions of this article in reference to the measure-
ment and inspection of oysters, and if such charge shall be
dismissed by a court of competent jurisdiction, such suspen-
sion shall end; and upon notice from the buyer or seller of
oysters, the general measurer and inspector of oysters shall
designate the measurer and inspector or licensed measurer and
inspector to measure and inspect the oysters sold out of said
vessel.

1894, ch. 380, sec. 62. 1898, ch. 449. 1900, ch. 380.

73. The general measurers and inspectors for Baltimore
city shall receive a salary of one hundred dollars per month
each, and all other general measurers and inspectors provided
for by section 68 shall receive the salary of fifty dollars per
month each, the said salaries to be paid only for those months
in which said measurers and inspectors are actually engaged
in the performance of the duties of their respective offices by
the treasurer, on a warrant of the comptroller. Any person
who shall violate any provisions of this article from section
68 to 73, both inclusive, or who shall interfere with the general
measurers and inspectors of oysters or the measurers and
special inspectors in the discharge of their duties shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction before
any justice of the peace or court of competent jurisdiction
shall pay a fine of fifty dollars and costs, one-half of said
fine to the informer, unless he be an officer under this article,
and the other half to the comptroller, to the credit of the
oyster fund. In default of payment of fines and costs, the
party convicted shall be confined in jail for not more than
twenty days. The appointment of the general measurers and
inspectors and measurers and special inspectors, as provided
in sections 68 and 69, shall be made on or before September
1st in each and every year, and each and every inspector shall
report monthly to the commander of the State fishery force, or
oftener if required by him, concerning all the oysters that
may be disposed of within his inspection district and such
reports shall be a full, and complete account of all sales of
oysters that have been made within such district.

Ibid. sec. 63. 1896, ch 418. 1900, ch. 380.

74. All oysters sold in this State shall be measured either
in a one-half bushel tub, a bushel tub, a bushel and one-half