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and inspectors of oysters of Baltimore city, or a majority of
them, are empowered and authorized to suspend the right or
privilege of any person licensed to measure or inspect oysters
in said city, to measure or inspect oysters under said license;
provided, however, that no such right to suspend shall exist
unless a charge is pending against such licensed measurer or
inspector for a violation of the provisions of this article in
reference to the measurement and inspection of oysters, and if
such charge shall be dismissed by a court of competent juris-
diction, such suspension shall end; and upon notice from the
buyer or seller of oysters, the general measurer and inspector
of oysters shall designate the special inspectors and the licensed
measurer and inspector to inspect the oysters out of said vessel.

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

73. The general measurers and inspectors for Baltimore
city shall receive a salary of one hundred dollars per month
each, and all 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 their duties of their respective offices, by
the treasurer, on a warrant of the comptroller. Any person
who shall violate any of the provisions of this article from
sections 68 to 73, both inclusive, or who shall interfere
with the general measurers or inspectors of oysters or the
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 fine 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 the
special inspectors, as provided in sections 68 and 69, shall be
made on or before September 1st of each 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 which 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.