FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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the purchaser shall pay for all oysters taken by him,

without any allowance for shell and small oysters ; and in

the event of there being over five per cent, of shells and

small oysters, then said cargo shall be considered as not

properly culled, and the owner shall be subject to the pen-

alties prescribed in section twenty-one A of this article.

20 C. It shall be unlawful for any packer, commission

man, or other person to purchase or receive any cargo, or

Unlawful
to purchase

portion of cargo of oysters which shall not have been culled

cargo of
unoulled

in the manner provided in section twenty of this act ; and

oysters

as soon as any cull-tub shall be shown to contain more

than five per cent, of empty shells and oysters, and oysters

of which the shell measurement shall be less than two and

one-half inches from hinge to mouth, said cargo shall, for
the purposes of this section, be deemed to have been uncnlled.

20 D. Any packer, commission man or boatman who shall

conspire or agree with any other person to evade any of the

Misde-
meanor

provisions of this act, or who shall knowingly connive at or

participate in such violation shall be deemed guilty of a

misdemeanor.

20 E. It shall be the duty of the general measurer and

Duty of

inspector of oysters to supervise the operation of this act,

Inspector.

so far as may be possible, and diligently to aid in the en-

forcement of its provisions.

20 F. Any general measurer and inspector of oysters in

Misde-

this State who shall knowingly permit any evasion or viola-

meanor.

tion of this act to take place without causing the arrest of

the offender, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

20 G. For the purpose of the enforcement of the provi-

sions of this act, the Governor is hereby empowered and

Governor

directed to appoint eight inspectors, by and with the con-

to appoint

sent of the Senate, who shall not be engaged in any branch

inspectors.

of the oyster business, at a salary of six hundred dollars

each for the season, beginning the first day of September and

ending on the first day of May following, in each and every

year ; said inspectors to be assigned respectively as follows :

One to Baltimore City, one to Anne Arundel County, one to

Oxford, one to St. Michael's, one to Crisfield and one to

Cambridge, one to Wicomico County and one for Somerset

County outside Crisfield district, and whenever, in any

other of the counties of the State, new oyster packing and

shipping interests, shall arise of sufficient importance to

justify such appointment or appointments, the Governor; in

his discretion, is empowered to appoint such additional in

spectors necessary for the enforcement of this act, and it

shall be the duty of said inspectors to patrol their respect