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legislation regulating the taking of oysters in the Potomac
river shall be concurrent as to the States of Maryland and
Virginia, it is further provided that this sub-title shall take
effect from the date of its passage; provided, concurrent legis-
lation has heretofore been passed by the General Assembly of
Virginia, or if not passed then, immediately upon the passage
thereof.

1906, ch. 468.

67 B. Upon taking effect in the State of Virginia of the pro-
visions prescribed in the preceding section, the governor of
Maryland shall issue his proclamation declaring the provisions
of this sub-title to be effective.

Approved April 5, 1906.

General Measurers and Inspectors.

1900, ch. 380. 1906, ch. 188.

68. The governor, at each session of the general assembly,
shall appoint four persons for the city of Baltimore, one for
Cambridge, one for Annapolis, one for Oxford, one for Crisfield
and one for Nanticoke, to be known as general measurers and
inspectors of oysters for the city, town or port and adjacent
waters for which they shall be respectively appointed. Each
general measurer and inspector of oysters for the city of Bal-
timore shall give bond to the State of Maryland in the sura of
three thousand dollars, and all other general measurers and
inspectors and all the special inspectors shall give bond to said
State in the sum of one thousand dollars for the faithful per-
formance 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 named.

Ibid.

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 twenty,
special inspectors, to be appointed as follows: two each from
Anne Arundel, St. Mary's, Talbot and Wicomico counties; three